the word for Thursday 25.02.2010 is PRESSURE

Today's word is Pressure. Now this could mean, pressure as someone trying to get you to do something you don't want to do. It could also mean the air pressure in your tyres. it could also mean the pressure you feel when someone leans against you. It could be used when talking about how stressed you  feel..."I feel under a great deal of pressure"This word is one of those words that there are a lot of different definitions for but most of them are not very easy to translate into an image! I was at a loss for this one for quite a while. Then l thought... l know l will go and get my old weighing scales with the brass weight out and take that image.Then l remembered, l had leant them to the school for a history lesson. Bother! Re-think.
Went for a walk around the block to clear my head and then l new what my image should be. Earlier in the day l had seen a plastic glove, with the imprints of a car's wheel on it. The glove had been pressed into the dry earth by the weight of the car!

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pressure |ˈpre sh ər|noun1 the continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it : the slight extra pressure he applied to her hand.• the force exerted per unit area : gas can be fed to the turbines at a pressure of around 250 psi.2 the use of persuasion, influence, or intimidation to make someone do something : the proposals put pressure on Britain to drop its demand | the many pressures on girls to worry about their looks.• the influence or effect of someone or something : oil prices came under some downward pressure.• the feeling of stressful urgency caused by the necessity of doing or achieving something, esp. with limited time : you need to be able to work under pressure and not get flustered | some offenders might find prison a refuge against the pressures of the outside world.verb [ trans. ]attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something : it might now be possible to pressure him into resigning | [ trans. ] she pressured her son to accept a job offer from the bank.ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French, from Latin pressura, from press- ‘pressed,’ from the verb premere (see press 1 ).