premere: comprimere. To squeeze out, exprimere: to squeeze out oil, oleam exprimere: to squeeze out water, etc., from a sponge, spongiam exprimere: to squeeze it dry, aquae plenam spongiam manu premere ac siccare: to squeeze one’s self into a corner, compingere se in angulum: to squeeze to death (hyperbolical), aliquem complectendo necare (from affection, as apes their young ones): to be squeezed to death in a crowd, prae turba elidi exanimarique.