compressed

«compressed» in Mova's school dictionary: Pressed or squeezed into a smaller space: compressed air — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (compressed); verb, past form of compress (compress, compresses, compressed, compressing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Pressed or squeezed into a smaller space: compressed air. tree →

2) Made shorter or smaller: a compressed timetable. tree →

3) (computing) Made into a smaller file that takes less space: a compressed folder. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, gases can be compressed (squeezed into a smaller volume) but solids and liquids hardly at all; compressed air fills tyres and diving tanks. In computing, compressed files download faster. Phrases: compressed air, compressed file, compressed into.

examples

• Divers breathe compressed air from tanks. tree →
• The sponge compressed when I squeezed it. tree →
• Gases can be compressed, but liquids cannot easily be. tree →
• Dad compressed the photos into one small file. tree →
• The whole year's work was compressed into one week. tree →
• Compressed gas cans can explode if heated. tree →

note

Regular verb: compressed. Noun: compression; a compress is also a pad pressed on a wound. In science, compressing a gas makes it take less volume; its mass stays the same.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «compressed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.