press out

To get liquid from something by squeezing or pushing it firmly.

• Press out the remaining juice.
• The machine presses oil out of crushed seeds.
• She pressed the water out of the wet cloth.

How to use it: press something out of something (They pressed the oil out of the seeds.)

Similar words: squeeze out, extract

Common phrases: press out juice, press something out

To push a partly cut piece out of a larger sheet.

• Press out the cardboard shapes.
• She pressed each puzzle piece out of the sheet.
• Carefully press the model parts out before assembling them.

How to use it: press something out of something (Press the pieces out of the cardboard sheet.)

Similar words: push out, pop out

Common phrases: press out shapes, press something out

To stop a cigar or cigarette burning by pushing and crushing its end against something.

• Press out your cigarette.
• He pressed out his cigar in the ashtray.
• She pressed the cigarette out with her shoe.

Similar words: stub out, extinguish

Opposites: light

Common phrases: press out cigarettes, press something out

To make an object from plastic by forcing it into a shape.

• The factory presses out records.
• Workers pressed out plastic discs using a metal mould.
• This machine can press out hundreds of copies each hour.

Similar words: mould, press

Common phrases: press out records, press out discs