Russian English Dictionary

русский язык - English

давить in English:

1. weigh


Can you weigh these apples?
It only weighs 15 pounds.
We should weigh the options carefully before making a decision.
A good specimen might weigh up to a kilo.
Boxers have to weigh in before a fight.
On average, these packages weigh two pounds.
I weigh 70 kilos, give or take a few kilos.
An astute reader should be willing to weigh everything they read, including anonymous sources.
Weigh your words well.
She weighed the fruit.
How much he weigh?
she picked up the brick and weighed it in her right hand
Lightly weigh the tofu down, leave it for about 20 minutes then drain.
You can weigh your baggage in this balance.
On the moon I would weigh only fifteen kilos.

2. press


I'm hopeless at ironing so I buy permanent press clothes.
press the button
During the press conference, the President touched on foreign relations.
The potato ricer, similar to the garlic press, is essential to making lefse.
There is no such thing, at this stage of the world’s history in America, as an independent press.
Nay, since you will not love, would I were growing A happy daisy, in the garden path That so your silver foot might press me going, Might press me going even unto death.
Powerlifting is a sport in which athletes compete to lift the maximum sum weight of the three heavy weight events, squat, bench press and deadlift.
The US judicial system and press are incredible: One day you're a poor examplary housewife, victim of a rape, the next, you're an illegal immigrant, having committed perjury and being suspected of whitewashing drug money.
The queen took umbrage at remarks made in the press about her insensitivity to the death of the princess.
It's fruitless to press him further.
Most of the politicians hate press.
It was just good enough to make me press ‘next’ every time the episode finished.
She has been criticized in the press for not speaking out on this issue.
I like your dress so much I wish there was an 'I like' button I could press.