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Definition of Pressed
1. Adjective. Compacted by ironing.
Definition of Pressed
1. Verb. (past of press) ¹
2. Verb. contraction of impressed ¹
3. Adjective. Under strain or deprivation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pressed
1. press [v] - See also: press
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressed
Literary usage of Pressed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In 1894 the Carnegie Steel Company ordered from the Fox Solid pressed Steel ...
These were built entirely from pressed steel shapes and embodied in their ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"So after he had received and given many- wounds 1 to those that attempted to keep
him out, he cut his way through them all, and pressed forward into the ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"He specially pressed for the execution of Burley, though Derby wished to save
... His brother pressed him to surrender, and persuaded him that the king had ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"So also fragments of ice pressed in a mold break, are crushed and ... of position
the sides of the chasms, great or small, are pressed together. level. ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Sudden the hounds erect their ears, sadden cease their moaning howl, Close pressed
to Moy, they mark their fears By shivering limbs and stifled growl. ..."
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