What does impression mean?

Answer 1

Impression means a three-dimensional image made by pressing the object into a pliable substance like clay or plaster or plasticine. "He made a wax impression of his wife's face." It is more commonly used figuratively to mean the effect on another person's estimation of your personality, virtue, etc. made by your appearance. It's as though your appearance pressed itself into the pliable attitude of the other person. "Wearing a tie to an interview can make a good impression on your prospective employer."

Impression is more rarely used to describe a process of pressing generally. "The tool and die works is set up for the impression of war medals." "Manning sailing boats by impression had died out by the mid nineteenth century."