Associations to the word «Pressed»

Wiktionary

PRESSED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of press
PRESSED, verb. Contraction of impressed
PRESSED, adjective. Under strain or deprivation.
PRESSED FOR TIME, adjective. (idiomatic) in a hurry, without spare time.

Dictionary definition

PRESSED, adjective. Compacted by ironing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats