pressed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹɛst/
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Verb
pressed
- simple past tense and past participle of press
Adjective
pressed (comparative more pressed, superlative most pressed)
- Under strain or deprivation
- The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.
- He found himself hard pressed.
- (nautical) recruited by a press gang
Anagrams
- depress, spersed