to press
→
to compel, coerce
4 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 | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | sıkmak | |
| meaning 1 | to press | Şu ana kadar ilk kez bir portakal sıktım. This is the first time I've ever squeezed an orange. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to demand, to require | çocuğa çok sıkıyorlar they want to much from their child. |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 771 | |
| comment | ||
Cf. Rus. оказывать давление на кого-л.