pressing

Needing urgent attention.

“I come on business.—Private,” he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, “and very pressing business.”

The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.

Insistent, earnest, or persistent.

You are very pressing, Basil, but I am afraid I must go.

He was pressing and persuasive.

The application of pressure by a press or other means.

A metal or plastic part made with a press.

The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.

A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.

The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.