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verb (1)

past tense of press

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verb (2)

past tense of press
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as in crushed
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of my family will only drink juice from freshly pressed oranges

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as in pushed
to force one's way we continued to press deeper and deeper into the tangled rain forest

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“Pressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressed. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.

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