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com·pressed

(kəm-prĕst′)

adj.

1. Pressed together or into less volume or space.

2. Biology Flattened, especially laterally or lengthwise, as certain leafstalks or the bodies of many fishes.

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compressed

(kəmˈprɛst)

adj

1. squeezed together or condensed

2. (Biology) (of the form of flatfishes, certain plant parts, etc) flattened laterally along the whole length

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com•pressed

(kəmˈprɛst)

adj.

1. pressed into less space; condensed: compressed gases.

2. pressed together: compressed lips.

3. flattened by or as if by pressure: compressed wallboard.

4. Zool., Bot. flattened laterally.

[1325–75]

com•press′ed•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	compressed - pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed" tight shut, closed - used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
	2.	compressed - reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air" compressible - capable of being compressed or made more compact; "compressible packing materials"; "a compressible box"
	3.	compressed - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) flat biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"

compressed

adjective

1. squeezed, concentrated, compact, compacted, consolidated, squashed, flattened, constricted a biodegradable product made from compressed peat and cellulose

2. reduced, compacted, shortened, abridged All those three books are compressed into one volume.

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Translations

appiattito compresso pressato schiacciato stretto

compressed

[kəmˈprest]

A. ADJ → comprimido

B. CPD compressed air N → aire m comprimido
compressed charge N (US) → precio m inclusivo

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compressed

[kəmˈprɛst] adj [air, gas] → comprimé(e)

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Her eyes were dry and glistening, her lips compressed, her cheeks sunken.

With compressed and parched lips and dry fixed eyes, she sat at the window, uneasily watching the people who drove past and hurriedly glancing round at anyone who entered the room.

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One may judge, therefore, of the tremendous pressure on this gas when compressed within a space 4,000 times too confined.

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On the following day, October 21st, they made but a short distance when they came to a dangerous strait, where the river was compressed for nearly half a mile between perpendicular rocks, reducing it to the width of twenty yards, and increasing its violence.

The whole body of the river was compressed into a space of less than thirty feet in width, between two ledges of rocks, upwards of two hundred feet high, and formed a whirling and tumultuous vortex, so frightfully agitated as to receive the name of "The Caldron Linn." Beyond this fearful abyss, the river kept raging and roaring on, until lost to sight among impending precipices.

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No sort of necessity!" she compressed her lips, and dropped her burning eyes to his hands with their swollen veins.

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The Prince compressed his lips, and knit his brow and his eyelids dropped so as to hide his eyes for an instant.

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Where ye are, there must always be dregs at hand, and much that is spongy, hollow, and compressed: it wanteth to have freedom.

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But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.

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Compressed into the very lowest vacant corner were these words"I had not a spare moment on Tuesday, as you know, for Miss Woodhouse's beautiful little friend.

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It served as a reservoir for compressed air, which a valve, worked by a spring, allowed to escape into a metal tube.