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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rushed |
| Synonyms: | in a hurry, pressured, pushed, rushing, urged |
| Main Entry: | press |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pressure, trouble |
| Synonyms: | afflict, assail, beg, beset, besiege, buttonhole, come at, compel, constrain, demand, depress, disquiet, enjoin, entreat, exhort, force, harass, implore, importune, insist on, lean on, oppress, petition, plague, plead, pressurize, push, railroad, sadden, sell, squeeze, sue, supplicate, torment, urge, vex, weigh down, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obligated; destined |
| Synonyms: | apprenticed, articled, bent, bounden, certain, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, doomed, driven, duty-bound, enslaved, fated, firm, forced, having no alternative, impelled, indentured, intent, made, necessitated, obligated, obliged, pledged, pressed, required, restrained, sure, under compulsion, under necessity, urged |
| Antonyms: | allowed, free, permitted, unbounded, unobliged, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condensed |
| Synonyms: | appressed, bunched, close, compressed, crowded, dense, firm, hard, impenetrable, impermeable, packed, pressed, solid, thick, tight |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | loose, slack, uncondensed |
| Main Entry: | enforced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in force |
| Synonyms: | advocated, carried out, charged, compelled, constrained, demanded, dictated, enjoined, established, exacted, executed, forced upon, imposed, invoked, kept, ordained, prescribed, pressed, prevalent, required, sanctioned |
| Main Entry: | mashed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crushed |
| Synonyms: | battered, brewed, chewed, decocted, doughy, hashed, infused, macerated, masticated, mixed, pasty, pounded, pressed, pulped, pulpy, pulverized, reduced, smashed, softened, spongy, squashed, steeped |
| Main Entry: | proposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | projected |
| Synonyms: | advanced, advised, arranged, considered, contemplated, contingent, designed, determined, expected, intended, moved, planned, pressed, proffered, prospective, purposed, recommended, scheduled, schemed, submitted, suggested, urged, volunteered |
| Main Entry: | rolled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattened |
| Synonyms: | evened, flat, leveled, pressed |
| Main Entry: | rushed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurried |
| Synonyms: | driven, pressed, pressured |
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