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How to pronounce compressed in English?

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Synonyms tight


with lips compressed.
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Synonyms flat
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compressed air.

Examples of compressed

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To make taller cones, stack compressed bucketfuls of snow on top of one another.
From the denverpost.com
The perspective is so compressed that the foreground and background nearly fuse.
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Nadal has been a persistent critic regarding the compressed clay-court schedule.
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Yet despite its length, the teeming music comes across as stunningly compressed.
From the nytimes.com
Small pots made from compressed peat give new plants a little more room to grow.
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With plenty of gas and tumbling prices, the time scale could well be compressed.
From the economist.com
Compressed-air storage uses a motor to drive a piston to compress air in a tank.
From the forbes.com
Self-extracting executables contain a compressed application and a decompressor.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Compressive asphyxia occurs when the chest or abdomen is compressed posteriorly.
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More examples
  • Make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
  • A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
  • Squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  • (compressed) pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
  • (compressed) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
  • (compressing) compression: applying pressure
  • A dressing is an adjunct used by a person for application to a wound to promote healing and/or prevent further harm. A dressing is designed to be in direct contact with the wound, which makes it different from a bandage, which is primarily used to hold a dressing in place. ...
  • (Compression (album)) Compression is the first solo album by bassist Billy Sheehan, formerly of Talas, David Lee Roth, and Mr. Big.
  • (Compression (astronomy)) Compression, in astronomy is the deviation of a heavenly body from the spherical form, called also the ellipticity. It is numerically expressed by the ratio of the differences of the axes to the major axis of the spheroid. ...