Crossword-Solution: PRESSURE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pressure | n. | The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. |
| Pressure | n. | A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization. |
| Pressure | n. | Affliction; distress; grievance. |
| Pressure | n. | Urgency; as, the pressure of business. |
| Pressure | n. | Impression; stamp; character impressed. |
| Pressure | n. | The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PRESSURE | anagram | PERUSERS |
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One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with PRESSURE (5)
The addition of 1 million people every seven months to Egypt's population exerts enormous pressure on the 5% of the total land area available for agriculture.
Beholding it, Hester was constrained to rush towards the child—to pursue the little elf in the flight which she invariably began—to snatch her to her bosom with a close pressure and earnest kisses—not so much from overflowing love as to assure herself that Pearl was flesh and blood, and not utterly delusive.
The immediate pressure of necessity has brightened their intellects, enlarged their powers, and hardened their hearts.
Perversely, though, efforts to solve this problem by proliferating `national' character sets produce an evolutionary pressure to use a *smaller* subset common to all those in use.
But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove.
Quotes with PRESSURE (3)
Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in…
... Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
Although initially only few in numbers, it seems my gray hairs have launched an effective peer-pressure campaign intended to convert the others.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 39 times in crossword archives (1951–2024).