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Noun pressure has 6 senses
- pressure, pressure level, force per unit area - the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
--1 is a kind of physical phenomenon
--1 has particulars:
- pressure - a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
--2 is a kind of force
- press, pressure, pressing - the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
--3 is a kind of push, pushing
--3 has particulars:
- imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure - the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters"
--4 is a kind of urgency
- pressure, pressure sensation - the somatic sensation of pressure; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
--5 is a kind of somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
- pressure - an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
--6 is a kind of distress
Verb pressure has 2 senses
- coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
--1 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
Sample sentence:
They pressure him to write the letter
- blackmail, blackjack, pressure - exert pressure on someone through threats
--2 is one way to influence, act upon, work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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