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Adjective compressed has 3 senses
  1. compressed, tight - pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
    Antonyms: open, opened (indirect, via closed)
  2. compressed - reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"
    Antonym:     incompressible (indirect, via compressible)
  3. compressed, flat - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
    Antonym: thick (indirect, via thin)
,Verb compress has 2 senses
  1. compress, compact, pack together - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
    --1 is one way to wedge, squeeze, force
    Antonyms: decompress, uncompress
    Derived forms: noun compression3, noun compressing1
    Sample sentences:
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    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
    --2 is one way to tighten
    Derived forms: noun compression2, noun compression4, noun compressor1, noun compressing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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