compressed

Meanings

• make more compact by or as if by pressing
• squeeze or press together
  • "she compressed her lips"
• pressed tightly together
  • "with lips compressed"
• reduced in volume by pressure
  • "compressed air"
• flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

Synonyms

compact, compress, constrict, contract, flat, pack together, press, squeeze, tight