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the act of pressing; (amount of) force on or against something

physical force, weight

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Cases of word usage

1) an instrument for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere, used for forecasting the weather and measuring height above sea level (barometer)

2) to fall in, give way to pressure (cave)

3) a hollow place in a hard surface as made by a blow or by pressure (dent)

4) (to cause something) to swell out (by pressure from within) (distend)

5) a line on a map joining places with the same atmospheric pressure at a particular time (isobar)

6) to use pressure on a person (pressurize)

7) a mark, pattern, on a surface of a shape, left by the pressure of something; a picture, design etc made by printing on paper etc (print)

8) a bent or curved tube, pipe etc arranged so that liquid will flow up through it and then go down; a bottle from which soda-water can be forced out by the pressure of gas in it (siphon)

9) to push or put (something) suddenly and with force; the force in a jet engine that moves a plane; pressure by one part of a structure on another (thrust)

10) (to use) a pedal or lever that drives a machine (e.g. a sewing-machine) worked by pressure of the foot or feet (treadle)

PRESSURE as in Wiktionary
PRESSURE as in Wikipedia