Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
COMPRESSING
compression, compressing
(noun) applying pressure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
compressing
present participle of compress
Source: Wiktionary
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
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