n. Crowd; press; pressure.n. Vexation; torment.n. A menace; a denunciation of ill to befall some one; a declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict punishment, loss, or pain on another.n. In law, any menace of such a nature and extent as to unsettle the mind of the person on whom it operates, and to preclude that free voluntary action which is necessary to assent.To press; urge; compel.To threaten.To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.