COMPRESSED

compressed

(adjective) reduced in volume by pressure; “compressed air”

compressed, tight

(adjective) pressed tightly together; “with lips compressed”

compressed, flat

(adjective) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

compressed (comparative more compressed, superlative most compressed)

Pressed tightly together.

Flattened, especially when along its entire length.

Hyponyms

• delta-compressed (software engineering)

Verb

compressed

simple past tense and past participle of compress

Anagrams

• decompress

Source: Wiktionary

Com*pressed", a.

1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Flattened lengthwise. Compessed air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.

COMPRESS

Com*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed; p. pr & vb. n. Compressing.] Etym: [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.]

1. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. Melmoth.

2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] Pope.

Syn.

– To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.

Com"press, n. Etym: [F. compresse.] (Surg.)

Definition: A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition