press out

verb

Extinguish by crushing, as a cigar.

“Italians press out coffee rather than filter it.”

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crush outexpressextinguishextractpressstub outstub
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Meanings

verbpress out (third-person singular simple present presses out, present participle pressing out, simple past and past participle pressed out)

present singular third person presses out · participle present pressing out · participle past pressed out · past pressed out

  1. Extinguish by crushing, as a cigar.
  2. Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action.

    Italians press out coffee rather than filter it.

  3. Press from plastic, as of records.
  4. Break (a pre-cut piece) out of a larger form, as of die-cut cardboard shapes.

Synonyms & antonyms

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crush outexpressextinguishextractpressstub out

verbextinguish by crushing

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stubextinguishstub outcrush out
Broader
snuff outblow outextinguish

verbobtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

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expressextract
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getacquire

verbpress from a plastic

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press
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castmoldmould
Also see
crush outexpressextinguishextractpressstubstub out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

press out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20out

MLA

“press out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20out. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “press out,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20out.

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