(~ed)
1.
When you ~ something or when it ~es, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, ~es the body’s organs...
Air will ~ but the brake fluid won’t.
VERB: V n, V
~ion
The ~ion of the wood is easily achieved.
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2.
If you ~ something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter.
All those three books are compacted and ~ed into one book.
= condense
VERB: V n
3.
If an event is ~ed into a short space of time, it is given less time to happen than normal or previously.
The four debates will be ~ed into an unprecedentedly short eight-day period...
Some courses such as engineering had to be ~ed.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed into n, be V-ed
4.
A ~ is a pad of wet or dry cloth pressed on part of a patient’s body to reduce fever.
Sore throats may be relieved by cold ~es.
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