to press
→
to compel, coerce
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | pressure | |
| meaning 1 | to press | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to make do smth. | she pressured her son to accept a job offer from the bank |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | drängen | |
| meaning 1 | to press | jemanden an die Wand drängen to press someone against the wall |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to make do smth. | jemanden drängen, seine Schulde zu bezahlen to compel someone to pay their debts |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yakut | |
| lexeme | кыhай- | |
| meaning 1 | to press, to squeeze, to fasten | эркиҥҥэ кыhай- to press against the wall |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to force | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЯРС 212. | |
Cf. Rus. оказывать давление на кого-л.