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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compressed
adj
  1. pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed" [syn: compressed, tight]
  2. reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"
  3. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
    Synonym(s): compressed, flat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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