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  Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a.
     1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by
        pressure.
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     2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
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     Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic
        force of compressed air.
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  Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed; p. pr &
     vb. n. Compressing.] [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.
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              Events of centuries . . . compressed within the
              compass of a single life.             --D. Webster.
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              The same strength of expression, though more
              compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
                                                    --Melmoth.
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     2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope.
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     3. (Computers) to reduce the space required for storage (of
        binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a
        smaller number of bits while preserving the information
        content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to
        recover the initial data format before subsequent use.
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     Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.
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  Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed; p. pr &
     vb. n. Compressing.] [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.

  Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a.
     1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by
        pressure.
  
     2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
  
     Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic
        force of compressed air.

  compressed
       adj 1: pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed" [syn: tight]
       2: reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"
       3: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain
          leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn: flat]

  compressed
     a.
     1 press tightly together.
     2 flatten, especially when along its entire length.
     vb.
     (infl of en compress  ed-form)

  compressed
     a.
     1 press tightly together.
     2 flatten, especially when along its entire length.
     vb.
     (infl of en compress  ed-form)

  compressed
     a.
     1 press tightly together.
     2 flatten, especially when along its entire length.
     vb.
     (infl of en compress  ed-form)

  compressed
     a.
     1 press tightly together.
     2 flatten, especially when along its entire length.
     vb.
     (infl of en compress  ed-form)

  compressed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ompress ed)

  compressed
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en compress ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb compress)

  Compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/
  مضغوط

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/
  komprimovaný

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/ 
  cywasg 

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/ 
  cywasgedig 

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/
  komprimiert, verdichtet, zusammengepresst
   see: compress, compressing, compresses, compressed
  

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/
  komprimierte, verdichtete, presste zusammen
   see: compress, compressing, compressed, compresses
  

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/
  gestaucht
   see: compress, compressing
  

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/
  zusammengedrückt
     Synonym: pressed
  
   see: compress, press, compressing, pressing
  

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/
  hochgespannt  [techn.]
           Note: Gas
     Synonyms: high-pressure, high-tension
  

  compressed //kəmˈpɹɛst// 
  1. kokoon puristettu, litistetty
  flattened, especially when along its entire length
  2. tiivistetty, yhteen puristettu
  pressed tightly together

  compressed /kəmpɹˈɛst/ 
  comprimido

  
/kəmˈpɹɛst/

  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "compressed":
     Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, aposiopestic, bobbed,
     brief, brusque, capsule, capsulized, clamped, clipped, close,
     close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, compact, compacted,
     compendious, concentrated, concise, concrete, condensed, congested,
     consolidated, constricted, contracted, crammed, crammed full,
     cramped, crisp, cropped, crowded, curt, curtailed, cut, cut short,
     dense, digested, docked, elided, elliptic, epigrammatic, firm,
     gluey, gnomic, hard, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed,
     jammed, knitted, laconic, massive, mowed, mown, nipped, nonporous,
     packed, pinched, pinched-in, pithy, pointed, pollard, polled,
     pruned, puckered, pursed, reaped, reserved, sententious, serried,
     shaved, sheared, short, short and sweet, short-cut, shortened,
     snub, snubbed, solid, solidified, squeezed, strangled,
     strangulated, substantial, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn,
     terse, thick, thick-growing, thickset, tight, to the point,
     trimmed, truncated, viscid, viscose, viscous, wasp-waisted,
     wrinkled
  
  

  a. 被压缩的,简洁的,扁平的;
  vbl. 压缩,浓缩;

     a. 被压缩的,简洁的,扁平的