pressured

Variant of pressure

pressure definition

pres·sure (pres̸h′ər)

noun

  1. a pressing or being pressed; compression; squeezing
  2. a condition of distress; oppression; affliction
  3. a sense impression caused by or as by compression of a part of the body
  4. a compelling influence; constraining force social pressure
  5. demands requiring immediate attention; urgency
    1. atmospheric pressure
    2. blood pressure
  7. Obsolete a mark made by pressing; impression
  8. Physics force per unit of area: abbrev. P

Etymology: OFr < L pressura, a pressing (LL(Ec), oppression, affliction) < pressus, pp. of premere, to press

transitive verb pressured -·sured, pressuring -·sur·ing

  1. ☆ to exert pressure, or compelling influence, on
  2. pressurize

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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