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.-to force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress.-a commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.-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.-to squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.-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.-to embrace closely; to hug.-to oppress; to bear hard upon.-to straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.-to exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.-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.-to drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.-to exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.-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.-to urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment.-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.-specifically, a printing press.-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.-an upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes press.-the act of pressing or thronging forward.-urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements.-a multitude of individuals crowded together; / crowd of single things; a throng.