Press

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Press, n. 

 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.  [1913 Webster]

Press, v. t. [Corrupt. fr. prest ready money advanced, a loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering service. See Prest, n.].

 To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.  [1913 Webster]
"To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed."  [1913 Webster]

Press, n. [For prest, confused with press.].

 A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.  [1913 Webster]
"I have misused the king's press."  [1913 Webster]

Press gang, or Pressgang, a detachment of seamen under the command of an officer empowered to force men into the naval service. See Impress gang, under Impress. -- Press money, money paid to a man enlisted into public service. See Prest money, under Prest, a.

Press, v. t. [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together."  [1913 Webster]
•  To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.  [1913 Webster]

  "From sweet kernels pressed,
  She tempers dulcet creams."  [1913 Webster]

  "And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To embrace closely; to hug.  [1913 Webster]

  "Leucothoe shook at these alarms,
  And pressed Palemon closer in her arms."  [1913 Webster]
•  To oppress; to bear hard upon.  [1913 Webster]

  "Press not a falling man too far."  [1913 Webster]
•  To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.  [1913 Webster]
•  To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.  [1913 Webster]

  "Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "He pressed a letter upon me within this hour."  [1913 Webster]

  "Be sure to press upon him every motive."  [1913 Webster]
•  To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.  [1913 Webster]

  " Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive and strike denote a sudden impulse of force."  [1913 Webster]

  "The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment."  [1913 Webster]

Pressed brick. See under Brick.

Press, v. i. 

•  To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "They pressed upon him for to touch him."  [1913 Webster]
•  To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.  [1913 Webster]

Press, n. [F. presse. See 4th Press.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  " Presses are differently constructed for various purposes in the arts, their specific uses being commonly designated; as, a cotton press, a wine press, a cider press, a copying press, etc. See Drill press."  [1913 Webster]
•  Specifically, a printing press.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of pressing or thronging forward.  [1913 Webster]

  "In their throng and press to that last hold."  [1913 Webster]
•  Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.  [1913 Webster]
•  A multitude of individuals crowded together; 1913 Webster]

  "They could not come nigh unto him for the press."  [1913 Webster]

Cylinder press, a printing press in which the impression is produced by a revolving cylinder under which the form passes; also, one in which the form of type or plates is curved around a cylinder, instead of resting on a flat bed. -- Hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic. -- Liberty of the press, the free right of publishing books, pamphlets, or papers, without previous restraint or censorship, subject only to punishment for libelous, seditious, or morally pernicious matters. -- Press bed, a bed that may be folded, and inclosed, in a press or closet. Boswell. -- Press of sail, (Naut.), as much sail as the state of the wind will permit.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Press, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. apply steady force to (a thing in contact) (press a switch; pressed the two surfaces together).
2 tr. a compress or apply pressure to a thing to flatten, shape, or smooth it, as by ironing (got the curtains pressed). b squeeze (a fruit etc.) to extract its juice. c manufacture (a gramophone record etc.) by moulding under pressure.
3 tr. (foll. by out of, from, etc.) squeeze (juice etc.).
4 tr. embrace or caress by squeezing (pressed my hand).
5 intr. (foll. by on, against, etc.) exert pressure.
6 intr. be urgent; demand immediate action (time was pressing).
7 intr. (foll. by for) make an insistent demand.
8 intr. (foll. by up, round, etc.) form a crowd.
9 intr. (foll. by on, forward, etc.) hasten insistently.
10 tr. (often in passive) (of an enemy etc.) bear heavily on.
11 tr. (often foll. by for, or to + infin.) urge or entreat (pressed me to stay; pressed me for an answer).
12 tr. (foll. by on, upon) a put forward or urge (an opinion, claim, or course of action). b insist on the acceptance of (an offer, a gift, etc.).
13 tr. insist on (did not press the point).
14 intr. (foll. by on) produce a strong mental or moral impression; oppress; weigh heavily.
15 intr. Golf try too hard for a long shot etc. and so strike the ball imperfectly.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of pressing (give it a slight press).
2 a a device for compressing, flattening, shaping, extracting juice, etc. (trouser press; flower press; wine press). b a machine that applies pressure to a workpiece by means of a tool, in order to punch shapes, bend it, etc.
3 = printing-press.
4 (prec. by the) a the art or practice of printing. b newspapers, journalists, etc., generally or collectively (read it in the press; pursued by the press).
5 a notice or piece of publicity in newspapers etc. (got a good press).
6 (Press) a a printing house or establishment. b a publishing company (Athlone Press).
7 a crowding. b a crowd (of people etc.).
8 the pressure of affairs.
9 esp. Ir. & Sc. a large usu. shelved cupboard for clothes, books, etc., esp. in a recess.

Idiom

at (or in) press (or the press) being printed. be pressed for have barely enough (time etc.). go (or send) to press go or send to be printed. press agent a person employed to attend to advertising and press publicity. press-box a reporters' enclosure esp. at a sports event. press the button
1 set machinery in motion.
2 colloq. take a decisive initial step. press-button adj. = push-button. press conference an interview given to journalists to make an announcement or answer questions. press gallery a gallery for reporters esp. in a legislative assembly. press-on (of a material) that can be pressed or ironed on. press release an official statement issued to newspapers for information. press-stud a small fastening device engaged by pressing its two halves together. press-up an exercise in which the prone downward-facing body is raised from the legs or trunk upwards by pressing down on the hands to straighten the arms.

Press, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 hist. force to serve in the army or navy.
2 bring into use as a makeshift (was pressed into service).
--n. hist. compulsory enlistment esp. in the navy.

Etymology

alt. f. obs. prest (v. & n.) f. OF prest loan, advance pay f. prester f. L praestare furnish (as PRAE-, stare stand)

THESAURUS

Press

AP, Associated Press, Fleet Street, Reuters, UPI, United Press International, accelerate, advice, adviser, advocate, annex, announcer, annunciator, apply pressure, army, ask, aspirator, assault, assemble, assert, attach, authority, bear, bear against, bear down on, bear down upon, bear hard upon, bear on, bear upon, bearing, bed, beg, beseech, beset, besiege, blandish, book publishing, boost, bosom, broadcast journalism, broadcasting, brook no denial, buck, bug, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bundle, bunt, bustle, butt, butt against, buttonhole, cajole, calender, call, call on, call up, call upon, call-up, channel, clamp, clamping, clamping down, clasp, cleave to, clinch, clip, cluster, clutch, coax, cohue, collect, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communicant, communications, communications industry, communicator, communize, compact, compel, composing room, compress, compression, compulsion, compulsory military service, concentrate, condense, confiscate, congest, congregate, conscript, conscription, consolidate, constrain, constraint, contend, converge, convergence, converging, corkscrew, cram, crisis, crowbar, crowd, crowding, crunch, crush, cylinder press, deluge, demand, densen, densify, depress, detach, detach for service, dig, dispatch, distrain, draft, draft call, drafting, drive, drive on, drove, dun, elbow, embosom, embrace, emergency, enfold, enlightener, enlist, enlistment, enroll, enrollment, ensphere, entreat, exert pressure, exhort, exigency, expedite, expert witness, express, expropriate, extractor, flatbed cylinder press, flatten, flock, flood, fold, force, force upon, forceps, forward, fourth estate, galaxy, garnish, gather, gathering, goad, gossipmonger, grapevine, haste, hasten, hasten on, haul, head, heap, heave, herd, hie on, high pressure, high-pressure, horde, host, hot-press, huddle, hug, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, impel, imperativeness, importune, impound, impress, impressment, impulse, impulsion, induce, induct, induction, informant, information, information center, information medium, informer, insist, insist on, insist upon, intelligence, interviewee, iron, jab, jam, jawbone, jog, joggle, join, jolt, jostle, journalism, lean on, legion, levy, lie on, list, lobby, magazine publishing, maintain, makeready, mangle, mash, mass, meet, mill, mob, mobilization, mobilize, monitor, mouthpiece, move, multitude, muster, muster in, nag, nag at, nationalize, news, news agency, news medium, news service, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newsmonger, newspaper, newsworthiness, nip, notifier, nudge, oppress, overexert, overextend, overstrain, overtax, pack, panoply, paparazzi, persist, persuade, pester, pile, pile drive, pincers, pinch, pipette, plague, platen, platen press, plead with, pliers, ply, ply upon, poke, precipitate, press association, press down, press upon, pressroom, pressure, presswork, print medium, printing machine, printing office, printing press, printshop, prod, proofroom, propel, provoke, public press, public print, public relations officer, publisher, publishers, publishing, publishing house, publishing industry, pull, pump, punch, push, push on, push through, push upon, put pressure on, quicken, rabble, rack, radio, railroad through, raise, ram, ram down, rash impulse, rattle, recommend, recruit, recruiting, recruitment, replevin, replevy, reportage, reporter, request, rest on, roll, rotary press, rotogravure press, rout, ruck, run, run against, rush, rush along, sadden, seethe, selective service, separator, sequester, sequestrate, shake, shoulder, shove, sign on, sign up, siphon, smooth, socialize, soft-soap, solidify, source, spate, speed, speed along, speed up, spokesman, spur, squab, squash, squeeze, squeezing, squish, stampede, stand on, steam, stick to, strain, strain every nerve, stress, stretch, stuff, summon, summons, swarm, sweat blood, sweet-talk, take no denial, tamp, tax, tease, telegraph agency, television, teller, tense, tension, the fourth estate, the press, throng, thronging, thrust, thrust upon, tidings, tighten, tightening, tipster, tout, tug, tweak, tweezers, urge, urge upon, urgency, vacuum pump, wad up, web, web press, weigh down, weigh on, weigh upon, wheedle, whip, whip along, wire service, witness, word, work on, wringer

ROGET THESAURUS

Press

Book

N booklet, writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule, tract, tractate, livret, brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication, chap book, part, issue, number livraison, album, portfolio, periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal, paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet, leaf, leaflet, fly leaf, page, quire, ream, chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause, endpapers, frontispiece, cover, binding, folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo, encyclopedia, encompilation, library, bibliotheca, press, definitive work, treatise, comprehensive treatise (dissertation), writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism, pen, scribbler, the scribbling race, literary hack, Grub-street writer, writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger, publicist, reporter, penny a liner, editor, subeditor, playwright, poet, bookseller, publisher, bibliopole, bibliopolist, librarian, bookstore, bookshop, bookseller's shop, knowledge of books, bibliography, book learning, among the giant fossils of my past, craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux, for authors nobler palms remain, I lived to write and wrote to live, look in thy heart and write, there is no Past so long as Books shall live, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, volumes that I prize above my dukedom.

Motive

N motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action, reason, ground, call, principle, by end, by purpose, mainspring, primum mobile, keystone, the why and the wherefore, pro and con, reason why, secret motive, arriere pensee, intention, inducement, consideration, attraction, loadstone, magnet, magnetism, magnetic force, allectation, allective, temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery, bewitchment, bewitchery, charm, spell, fascination, blandishment, cajolery, seduction, seducement, honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple, persuasibility, persuasibleness, attractability, impressibility, susceptibility, softness, persuasiveness, attractiveness, tantalization, influence, prompting, dictate, instance, impulse, impulsion, incitement, incitation, press, instigation, provocation, inspiration, persuasion, suasion, encouragement, advocacy, exhortation, advice, solicitation, lobbyism, pull, incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus, rowel, provocative, whet, dram, bribe, lure, decoy, decoy duck, bait, trail of a red herring, bribery and corruption, sop, sop for Cerberus, prompter, tempter, seducer, seductor, instigator, firebrand, incendiary, Siren, Circe, agent provocateur, lobbyist, impulsive, motive, suasive, suasory, persuasive, persuasory, hortative, hortatory, protreptical, inviting, tempting suasive, suasory, seductive, attractive, fascinating, provocative, induced, disposed, persuadable, spellbound, instinct with, smitten with, infatuated, inspired, by, because, therefore, from this motive, from that motive, for this reason, for that reason, for, by reason of, for the sake of, count of, out of, from, as, forasmuch as, for all the world, on principle, fax mentis incendium gloriae, temptation hath a music for all ears, to beguile many and be beguiled by one.

VB induce, move, draw, draw on, bring in its train, give an impulse, to, inspire, put up to, prompt, call up, attract, beckon, stimulate, spirit up, inspirit, rouse, arouse, animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate, act upon, work upon, operate upon, encourage, pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder, influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate, lead by the nose, have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon, go round, come round one, turn the head, magnetize, lobby, persuade, prevail with, prevail upon, overcome, carry, bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses, draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over, procure, enlist, engage, invite, court, tempt, seduce, overpersuade, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure, inveigle, tantalize, cajole, tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook, enforce, force, impel, propel, whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge, egg on, hound, hurry on, drag, exhort, advise, call upon, press, advocate, set an example, set the fashion, keep in countenance, be persuaded, yield to temptation, come round, concede, obey a call, follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of, act on principle.

Assemblage

N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

Compulsion

N compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription, force, brute force, main force, physical force, the sword, ultima ratio, club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum, le droit du plus fort, martial law, restraint, necessity, force majeure, Hobson's choice, compelling, coercive, coactive, inexorable, compulsory, compulsatory, obligatory, stringent, peremptory, forcible, not to be trifled with, irresistible, compelled, fain to, by force, by force of arms, on compulsion, perforce, vi et armis, under the lash, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet, forcibly, by a strong arm, under protest, in spite of one's teeth, against one's will, nolens volens, by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather, under press of, de rigueur, with a gun to one's head, I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

VB compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige, force upon, press, cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat, say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial, put down, dragoon, extort, wring from, squeeze, put on the squeeze, put on the screws, turn on the screw, drag into, bind, bind over, pin down, tie down, require, tax, put in force, commandeer, restrain.

Offer

VB offer, proffer, present, tender, bid, propose, move, make a motion, make advances, start, invite, hold out, place in one's way, put forward, hawk about, offer for sale, press, lay at one's feet, offer oneself, present oneself, volunteer, come forward, be a candidate, stand for, bid for, seek, be at one's service, go a begging, bribe.

Request

VB request, ask, beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask, beg leave, beg a boon, apply to, call to, put to, call upon, call for, make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition, make application, make a requisition, ask trouble, ask one for, claim, offer up prayers, whistle for, beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore, conjure, adjure, obtest, cry to, kneel to, appeal to, invoke, evoke, impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for, cry aloud, cry for help, fall on one's knees, throw oneself at the feet of, come down on one's marrowbones, beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging, mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread, dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door, bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court, seek, bid for, publish the banns.

Receptacle

N receptacle, inclosure, recipient, receiver, reservatory, compartment, cell, cellule, follicle, hole, corner, niche, recess, nook, crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel, cave, capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder, pericarp, udder, stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket, mouth, pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net, ditty bag, ditty box, housewife, hussif, saddlebags, portfolio, quiver, chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary, trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise, grip, grip sack, skippet, vasculum, boot, imperial, vache, cage, manger, rack, vessel, vase, bushel, barrel, canister, jar, pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil, brazier, cuspidor, spittoon, cistern, vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon, demijohn, flask, flasket, stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster, urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera, pig gin, big gin, tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol, tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin, galipot, gallipot, matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle, bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen, beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube, bail, beaker, billy, canakin, catch basin, catch drain, chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus, plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible, glassware, tableware, vitrics, compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish, shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble, closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury, escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine, chamber, apartment, room, cabin, office, court, hall, atrium, suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story, saloon, salon, parlor, by-room, cubicle, presence chamber, sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room, gallery, cabinet, closet, pew, box, boudoir, adytum, sanctum, bedroom, dormitory, refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger, nursery, schoolroom, library, study, studio, billiard room, smoking room, den, stateroom, tablinum, tenement, bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room, john, jakes, necessary, loo, men's room, ladies' room, rest room, (uncleanness), 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory, cellar, vault, hold, cockpit, cubbyhole, cook house, entre-sol, mezzanine floor, ground floor, rez-de-chaussee, basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices, storeroom, lumber room, dairy, laundry, coach house, garage, hangar, outhouse, penthouse, lean-to, portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck, lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway, ante room, ante chamber, lounge, piazza, veranda, conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage, lodging, bed, carriage, capsular, saccular, sacculated, recipient, ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric, marsupial, siliquose, siliquous.

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

Gravity

VB be heavy, gravitate, weigh, press, cumber, load, weigh, poise.