pressing

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Demanding immediate attention; urgent: synonym: urgent.
• adjective Very earnest or insistent.
• noun The process or an instance of applying pressure.
• noun The material, such as juice or grape skins, produced by or left over after pressing.
• noun A phonograph record or other recording made at one time.
• noun A group of recordings made at the same time.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act of one who presses; pressure.
• noun What is expressed or squeezed out; what comes from a substance under pressure, as oil, juice, etc.
• Requiring instant attention or action; urgent.
• noun In ceramics, the process of forming vessels with plastic clay, in a mold or on a jigger, by hand.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Urgent; exacting; importunate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective Needing urgent attention.
• adjective Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
• noun The application of pressure by a press or other means.
• noun A metal or plastic part made with a press.
• noun The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
• noun 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.
• noun The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
• noun A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
• noun Urgent insistence.
• verb Present participle of press.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
• adjective compelling immediate action
• noun a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press