PRESSURE
[ˈpɹɛʃ.ə(ɹ)] ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- verb to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means.
— synonyms: coerce, hale, squeeze, force
- verb exert pressure on someone through threats.
— synonyms: blackmail, blackjack
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface.
— synonyms: pressure_level, force_per_unit_area
- noun a force that compels.
- noun the act of pressing.
— synonyms: press, pressing
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention.
— synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press
- noun the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin.
— synonyms: pressure_sensation
- noun an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress.
- noun the pressure exerted by the atmosphere.
— synonyms: atmospheric_pressure, air_pressure
Examples
- “Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.”
- “the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.”
- “She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.”
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