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impress

/ impress /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of coercing someone into government service
Type of:
seizure
Derived:
shanghai
verb Sense 2
dye (fabric) before it is spun
Type of:
dye
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
"Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
Type of:
affect move strike
Derived:
inculcation ingraining instilling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
"To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
Type of:
change surface
Kinds of:
stamp emboss boss
Derived:
imprint embossment impression
Entails:
press
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
impress positively
"The young chess player impressed her audience"
Type of:
affect move strike
Kinds of:
prepossess wow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 6
take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
"The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
Type of:
kidnap nobble abduct
Derived:
impressment shanghaier seizer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
crime law-breaking
verb Sense 7
reproduce by printing
Type of:
write
Kinds of:
letter typeset prove offset multigraph
Derived:
print black and white printer pressman printing machine
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This child impressed me as unusually mature"
"This behavior struck me as odd"
Kinds of:
infect surprise ingrain instill awaken
Derived:
affect
Verb group:
hit strike come to motivate actuate
Causes:
feel experience
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
81%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
52
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

seizure dye affect move strike change surface stamp emboss boss prepossess wow kidnap