pressed
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pressed
- simple past tense and past participle of press
Adjective[edit]
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