WordNet sense 1 (the state of demanding notice or attention):

insistence, pressure, imperativeness, insistency

WordNet sense 2 (newspaper writers and photographers):

fourth estate

WordNet sense 3 (a dense crowd of people):

crush, jam

WordNet sense 4 (the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines):

public press

WordNet sense 5 (a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes):

closet, wardrobe

WordNet sense 6 (a machine used for printing):

printing press

WordNet sense 7 (any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids):

mechanical press

WordNet sense 8 (to be oppressive or burdensome):

weigh

WordNet sense 9 (exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for):

agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push

WordNet sense 10 (press from a plastic):

press out

WordNet sense 11 (press and smooth with a heated iron):

iron, iron out

WordNet sense 12 (squeeze or press together):

compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze, compact, compress, contract

WordNet sense 13 (lift weights):

weightlift, weight-lift

WordNet sense 14 (force or impel in an indicated direction):

exhort, urge, urge on

WordNet sense 15 (ask for or request earnestly):

adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat

WordNet sense 16 (a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead):

military press

WordNet sense 17 (the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure):

pressing