appress

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to press closely against a surface or against another part

   A frightened bird may appress its feathers tightly to the body.

Adapted from Latin appress-, the participial stem of apprimere ("to press close"), from ad- ("toward") + premere ("to press"). Botanical and zoological writing uses appressed for structures lying flat against a surface.

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