Definition of: print

(print) noun
1. An impression with ink from type, plates, etc.; printed characters collectively; printed matter.
2. Anything printed from an engraved plate or lithographic stone; a proof; a printed picture or design.
3. A newspaper, pamphlet, or the like.
4. An impression or mark made upon or sunk into a substance by pressure; imprint.
5. A reproduction from such an impression.
6. Any fabric stamped with a design by means of dyes used on engraved rollers, wood blocks, or screens.
7. Any tool or device bearing a pattern or design, or that upon which it is impressed.
8. Phot. A positive picture made from a negative.
9. Newsprint.
—in print
1. Printed; also, for sale in printed form: opposed to out of print.
2. Obs. In an exact or formal manner.
—India print Muslin printed, specifically hand blocked, with the native patterns and glowing colors of India.
—out of print No longer on sale, the edition being exhausted. See synonyms under MARK¹, PICTURE.
—v.t.
1. To mark, as with inked type, a stamp, die, etc.
2. To stamp or impress (a mark, seal, etc.) on or into a surface.
3. To fix as if by impressing: The scene is printed on my memory.
4. To produce (a book, newspaper, etc.) by the application of inked type, plates, etc., to paper or similar material.
5. To cause to be put in print; publish: The newspaper printed the story.
6. To write in letters similar to those used in print: Please print your name and address.
7. Phot. To produce (a positive picture) by transmitting light through a negative onto a sensitized surface.
—v.i.
8. To be a printer.
9. To take or give an impression in printing.
10. To form letters similar to printed ones.
—to print out To deliver (information) automatically in printed form, as a computer. See synonyms under IMPRESS¹. [<OF preinte, priente, fem. of pp. of preindre <L premere press]
—print′a·ble adjective