| • | An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is
arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and
varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black. |
| • | To force into service, particularly into naval service; to
impress. |
| • | A commission to force men into public service, particularly
into the navy. |
| • | To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by
pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel
by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to
compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press
the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands,
fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd. |
| • | To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to
squeeze out, or express, from something. |
| • | To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in
order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales,
paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes. |
| • | To embrace closely; to hug. |
| • | To oppress; to bear hard upon. |
| • | To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or
hunger. |
| • | To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or
over; to constrain; to force; to compel. |
| • | To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or
inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press
divine truth on an audience. |
| • | To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
as, to press a horse in a race. |
| • | To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or
urge with steady force. |
| • | To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way
with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng;
to encroach. |
| • | To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong
or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment. |
| • | An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is
pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a
body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or
presses. |
| • | Specifically, a printing press. |
| • | The art or business of printing and publishing; hence,
printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or
the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a
blessing, a licentious press is a curse. |
| • | An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles;
as, a clothes press. |
| • | The act of pressing or thronging forward. |
| • | Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press
of engagements. |
| • | A multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of
single things; a throng. |
Here is the answer for the: To push down upon Word Craze. This Word Craze clue was last seen on September 18 2024 Word Craze Daily Mini puzzle. The answer we have for To push down upon has a total of 5 letters.