Word Meaning

Meaning of "pressure" and the crossword clue

- Coerce
- Compelling force
- Exertion of force
- Feeling of stressful urgency
- Forceful coercion
- The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
- 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.
- Affliction; distress; grievance.
- Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
- Impression; stamp; character impressed.
- 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.