v. 1
To compress, squeeze.
to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
v. 2
To try to force (something upon someone).
to press the Bible on an audience
n. 1
An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
Put the cups in the press.
n. 2
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

Related words

Word family: press-gang pressie pressman pressmark press-up press-to-talk press-to-transmit
Phrases: press out press on drill press press stud printing press drop press military press press agency

Forms

Plural: presses → closets, wardrobes, cupboards, pantries…
Past participle: prest
e.g. prest → squeezed, compressed, embraced, compacted…

Press or Urge?

Press and urge imply more determined or perhaps authoritative insistence.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: hit¹, bid¹, jam¹, hug¹, pac¹, dun¹
4 letters: meet¹, mass¹, push¹, pack¹, iron², rush¹, urge¹, herd¹, mash¹, cram¹
5 letters: force¹, fight¹, stuff¹, speed¹, crowd¹, crush¹, hurry², weigh¹, flock¹, plead¹, swarm¹, clasp¹, wring¹
6 letters: strike¹, gather², closet², insist², thrust¹, squash¹, induce², muster², pantry², hasten², squish, throng¹, mangle², exhort²
7 letters: express², collect², embrace², compact², squeeze¹, impress², urgency³, conjure², depress², beseech², agitate³, entreat, thrutch
8 letters: campaign², pressure², contract², wardrobe², assemble³, cupboard², compress², condense²
9 letters: multitude³, constrain², constrict², inculcate³, importune
10 letters: insistence³, congregate³
14 letters: imperativeness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (iron² = 2 syllables).