press
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One firm push becomes speech and admiration
The picture A palm pushing straight down. Whatever is under it shrinks, squeezes out, or keeps the mark. press pushes down and flattens it; tract pulls sideways and peels it away.
Where the picture shows up in press
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pushed with the hand
Just press the red button to stop it.
dʒʌst pres ðə red ˈbʌtən tuː stɑːp ɪt
Just push the red button and it stops.
A fingertip drives the red button all the way in and the machine stops.
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how hard it pushes
Check the tire pressure first.
tʃek ðə ˈtaɪər ˈpreʃər fɜːrst
Check the tire air first.
Air shut inside the tire, pushing out against the rubber wall from every side.
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squeezed out
It's hard to express it in English.
ɪts hɑːrd tuː ɪkˈspres ɪt ɪn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ
It's hard to say that in English.
Words balled up inside you get squeezed until they come out of your mouth.
ex (out) + press (push) — squeezing what is inside you out into words is expression.
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stamped into the mind
Her work impressed the boss.
hɜːr wɜːrk ɪmˈprest ðə bɔːs
The boss was struck by her work.
A seal is pressed down inside someone's mind and leaves its mark.
im (in) + press — like a seal, it leaves a mark inside you.
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squeezed together
Compress the file before you send it.
kəmˈpres ðə faɪl bɪˈfɔːr juː send ɪt
Zip the file before sending it.
A file that had swollen up is pushed in from all sides into one small lump.
All of it in one picture
press is a palm pushing down. Push with a fingertip and the button goes in; the force of trapped air pushing back on the walls is pressure. Squeeze what is inside you out into words and it is expression; stamp it inward on someone's mind and it is an impression; push from all sides until the size drops and it is compression. Whatever is pressed either shrinks, is squeezed out, or keeps the mark. That is the whole word.