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compressed

/kəmˈpɹɛst/ adjective B2
  1. Pressed tightly together. · compressed air· highly compressed
  2. Flattened, especially when along its entire length. · The gas remains compressed inside the cylinder.
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I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 66 · B2
One piece, about three feet in length, had a very marked indentation at one end, while several were flattened at the sides as if they had been compressed by some considerable weight.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · B2
As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 16 · C1
A tall young man, with light hair, clear gray eyes, and thin and compressed lips, dressed in a blue coat with beautifully carved gold buttons, a white neckcloth, and a tortoiseshell eye-glass suspended by a silken thread, and which, by an effort of the superciliary and zygomatic muscles, he fixed in his eye, entered, with a half-official air, without smiling or speaking.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 428 · C1

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