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print
I. \ˈprint\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English printe, prente, preinte, from Old French preinte, from preint, past participle of preindre to press, from Latin premere — more at press
1.
a.
(1) : a mark made by impression : a line, character, figure, or indentation made by the pressure of one thing on another
< sealed with a print of his thumb in soft wax >
< the delicate prints of a squirrel in snow >
(2) : a mental impression : imprint
< these sorrows left their print on his spirit >
b. obsolete : vestige
c. : something impressed with a print or formed in a mold
< obtained an accurate plaster print of the convolutions of the skull >
< a print of butter >
d. : an intaglio impression reproducing in reverse an original having somewhat slight relief; also : a cast or impression in relief taken from such an intaglio
e. : core print
f. : tracing 2c
2. : a device or instrument (as a stamp, die, or mold) for impressing or forming a print
3.
a. : printed state or form
< to see his name in print >
< put a poem into print >
b. : the printing craft or industry
< wise in the ways of print >
c. : type
< set it up in print >
4.
a.
(1) : printed matter; especially : a printed publication
(2) prints plural : printed papers or cards (as newspapers, pamphlets, sheet music, address cards, printing proofs, engravings) of the specifications set forth in United States postal regulations
b. : newsprint
5. : printed letters : printed matter with regard to quality, size, or form
< clear print >
< large print >
< small print >
6.
a. : a copy made by any printing process
< color prints >
< sporting prints >
b.
(1) : a reproduction of an original painting or other work of art obtained usually by a photomechanical process
(2) : an artistic work sometimes with accompanying text published on a page of not more than four folds in a periodical or separately to advertise merchandise and entitled to copyright registration under English copyright law
c. : cloth with a pattern or figured design applied by printing
d. : a product of the silk-screen process
e.
(1) : a photographic copy made on a sensitized surface (as from a negative or from a drawing on transparent paper)
(2) : a photographic negative made from a positive, a negative made from a negative, or a positive made from a positive
(3) : a developed motion picture-film containing positive images as printed from a negative
7. : something (as a dress) made of a print fabric
< ruffled prints for your kitchen windows >
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- in print
- out of print
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English printen, prenten, from printe, prente print
transitive verb
1.
a. : to make an impression in or upon : mark with a print
< two small light feet that barely printed the soft soil >
< fresh butter worked, salted, and printed >
b. : to cause (as a mark) to be stamped : make (an impression or mark) by or as if by pressure
< print his seal in wax >
c. : to apply pressure with (as a stamp of the foot) so as to leave an impression
2.
a. : to make a copy of by impressing paper against an inked printing surface or by an analogous method
< printing columned pages >
< print bank notes >
— often used with up
b. : to perform or cause to be performed all or some of the operations necessary to the production of (as a publication, a piece of printed matter, a picture)
< print greeting cards >
< print an edition of a newspaper >
c. : to impress (as wallpaper or cloth) with a design or pattern
< print cloth with linoleum blocks >
< this air-dried tub-sized paper is easy to print — Graphic Arts Monthly >
: impress (a pattern or design) on something
< printed gay foliage on sheer linen >
d. : to publish in print
< “all the news that's fit to print” — New York Times >
3. : to form manually in unjoined characters resembling those of ordinary type
< print the name and address clearly >
4.
a. : to make (a positive picture) on sensitized photographic paper, film, plate, or other material from a negative or a positive
b. : to make (a negative) from a negative or a positive
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to use or practice the art of typography : work as a printer
b. : to produce printed matter
< the new rotary press prints very rapidly >
c. : to make a printed copy
< badly worn type prints poorly >
d. : to be susceptible of printing
< this paper prints badly >
2. archaic : publish; especially : to publish an article or a book
3. : to write or hand-letter in imitation of unjoined printed characters
4. of a firearm or a bullet : to puncture a paper target |