"press" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

press verbo

press + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 69
press charges • press one's hand • press one's lips • press one's face • press one's fingers • press one's case • press one's palms • ...
verbo + press
Kolokacji: 12
continue to press • keep pressing • try to press • want to press • begin pressing • ...
press + preposición
Kolokacji: 47
press against • press into • press down • press up • press upon • ...
press + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 71
press ahead • press hard • press forward • pressed together • gently press • press tightly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(2) hard, tightly, firmly
Kolokacji: 3
  • To prevent new crime, he must press hard upon his task.
  • She would speak only when pressed hard, and eventually not at all.
  • It was a night when every loss I'd ever had pressed hard on me.
  • His left foot was pressed hard on to the floor.
  • He pressed one foot hard against it, and the ground still held.
  • Her spread fingers pressed hard against the back of his head.
  • He felt a long, slim body pressing hard against him.
  • She moved her touch to another part of his neck and pressed hard.
  • He took to the steps, pressed hard against the closed door, ready for the moment that it opened.
  • They found me with my back pressed hard against the wall, as if trying to melt right through it.
(5) flat, constantly, steadily
Kolokacji: 3
(8) successfully, unsuccessfully
Kolokacji: 2
(9) freshly, newly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) immediately, directly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) sorely, painfully
Kolokacji: 2
(13) deep, deeply
Kolokacji: 2
(14) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(15) perfectly, immaculately
Kolokacji: 2
(16) urgently, insistently
Kolokacji: 2
(17) publicly, privately
Kolokacji: 2

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