adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of compress form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Pressed tightly together.
2. 2
   Flattened, especially when along its entire length.

Adjective

1. 1
   reduced in volume by pressure wordnet
2. 2
   pressed tightly together wordnet
3. 3
   flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abbreviatedabridgedabstractedaphoristicaposiopesticbobbed

Example

More examples

"Send it to me as a compressed file."

Related phrases

bit-compressedcompressed aircompressed sensingcompressed yeast

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