Associations to the word «Appressed»

Wiktionary

APPRESSED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of appress
APPRESSED, adjective. (biology) (mycology) Closely flattened down.

Dictionary definition

APPRESSED, adjective. Pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley