Press
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A device used to apply pressure to an item. A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers) An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard). A printing machine. An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight to compress, squeeze to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas. to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction to weigh upon, oppress, trouble to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel to hasten, urge onward to urge, beseech, entreat to lay stress upon, emphasize to throng, crowd to print
Example sentence: The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
Weigh
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To determine the weight of an object.Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.To consider a subject.To have a certain weight.To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
Example sentence: Sometimes you are lucky, sometimes you're unlucky. It all weighs out at the end. That is my experience at least.