pressed
Under strain or deprivation.
Example
“The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.”
Other meanings
Upset, bothered.
Recruited by a press gang.
Related words
- hardpressed
- nonpressed
- repressed
- cold-pressed
- pressed rice
- hard-pressed
- pressed duck
- pressed for time
- pressed glass
- pressed ham
- hot-pressed
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pressed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.