Answer to "Pushes (for)" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PRESSES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2019.

Pushes (for) crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
PRESSES	50 %	7
URGES	50 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pushes (for)

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• advocates
• champions
• promotes
• favors
• supports
• fallot
• fontaine
• faure
• follette
• foch
• fayette
• eiffel

Crossword Answer definitions

PRESSES noun

1. A device used to apply pressure to an item.
2. A printing machine.
3. (collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
4. A publisher.
5. An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
6. An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
7. (wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
8. Pure, unfermented grape juice.
9. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
10. A crowd.

PRESSES verb

1. To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
2. To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
3. To compress, squeeze.
4. To clasp, hold in an embrace.
5. To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
6. To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
7. To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
8. To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
9. To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
10. To try to force (something upon someone).
11. To hasten, urge onward.
12. To urge, beseech, entreat.
13. To lay stress upon.
14. To throng, crowd.
15. To print.
16. To force into service, particularly into naval service.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result PRESSES

• Gets pushy
• Weightlifting moves
• Tries too hard
• Weightroom exercises
• Irons
• Urges
• Gets the creases out of
• Removes wrinkles from
• Pushes (for)
• Persists

More clues leading to the result URGES

• Goads
• More than suggests
• Yens
• Eggs on
• Solicits
• Incites
• Cravings
• Hard to resist
• Exhorts
• Beseeches