Definition of print

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print    (prnt) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure: the print of footsteps in the sand. See Synonyms at impression.
2. 1. A device or implement, such as a stamp, die, or seal, used to press markings onto or into a surface.
   2. Something formed or marked by such a device.
3. 1. Lettering or other impressions produced in ink as from type by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer.
   2. Matter so produced; printed material.
   3. Printed state or form.
4. 1. A printed publication, such as a magazine or newspaper.
   2. Printed matter.
5. A design or picture transferred from an engraved plate, wood block, lithographic stone, or other medium.
6. A photographic image transferred to paper or a similar surface, usually from a negative.
7. A copy of a film or movie made from a negative.
8. 1. A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
   2. The pattern itself.

VERB:
print·ed, print·ing, prints
VERB:
tr.

1. To press (a mark or design, for example) onto or into a surface.
2. 1. To make an impression on or in (a surface) with a device such as a stamp, seal, or die.
   2. To press (a stamp or similar device) onto or into a surface to leave a marking.
3. 1. To produce by means of pressed type, an electronic printer, or similar means, on a paper surface.
   2. To offer in printed form; publish.
4. To write (something) in characters similar to those commonly used in print.
5. To impress firmly in the mind or memory.
6. To produce a photographic image from (a negative, for example) by passing light through film onto a photosensitive surface, especially sensitized paper.

VERB:
intr.

1. 1. To work as a printer.
   2. To produce printed material.
2. To produce something in printed form by means of a printing press or other reproduction process.
3. To write characters similar to those commonly used in print.
4. To produce or receive an impression, marking, or image.

ADJECTIVE:

Of, relating to, writing for, or constituting printed publications: a print journalist; print coverage.

IDIOMS:
in print

1. In printed or published form: denials that were to be found in print.
2. Offered for sale by a publisher: books that are still in print.

out of print

No longer offered for sale by a publisher: books that are out of print.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English preinte, from Old French, from feminine past participle of preindre, to press, alteration of prembre, from Latin premere; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots