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Adjective: compressed  kum'prest
  1. Pressed tightly together
    "with lips compressed"
    - tight
     
  2. Reduced in volume by pressure
    "compressed air"
     
  3. Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
    - flat
Verb: compress  kum'pres
  1. Make more compact by or as if by pressing
    "compress the data"
    - compact, pack together
     
  2. Squeeze or press together
    "she compressed her lips"
    - constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press

See also: closed, compressible, compressing, compression, compressor, shut, thin

Type of: force, squeeze, tighten, wedge

Antonym: decompress

Encyclopedia: Compress

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