"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
(5) flat, constantly, steadily
Kolokacji: 3
1. press closer = dla prasy bliższy press closer
2. press tight = naciskaj mocno press tight
  • Not a girl, a child, a small boy pressed tight against a wall.
  • Slowly she turned around, her back pressed tight against the door.
  • She gave him a long, hard look, her mouth pressed tight.
  • It closed him in like a hand pressed tight against his face.
  • After it was over we went out and were pressed tight in the crowd.
  • His lips pressed tight for a moment, and he nodded.
  • Just standing there crying, his mouth pressed tight, looking at me.
  • I could see him from the corner of my eyes crying, his mouth pressed tight again.
  • He kept one hidden hand pressed tight against his wound, to stop the blood.
  • His thin lips were a grim line, pressed tight, while he sat there thinking.
3. press closely = naciskaj blisko press closely
5. gingerly press = ostrożnie prasa gingerly press
(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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