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Compress

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To press together: compressed her lips.

v. To make more compact by or as if by pressing.

v. Computer Science To transform (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmission: compressed the file so that it could be downloaded efficiently.

n. Medicine A soft pad of gauze or other material applied with pressure to a part of the body to control hemorrhage or to supply heat, cold, moisture, or medication to alleviate pain or reduce infection.

n. A machine for compressing material.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

v. To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

v. To condense into a more economic, easier format.

v. To abridge.

v. (transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

n. A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

n. A machine for compressing

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense.

v. To embrace sexually.

v. to reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use.

n. A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To press or pack together; force or drive into a smaller compass or closer relation; condense.

To embrace sexually.

Synonyms To crowd, squeeze.

n. In surgery, a soft mass formed of tow, lint, or soft linen cloth, so contrived as by the aid of a bandage to make due pressure on any part.

n. In hydropathic practice, a wet cloth applied to the surface of a diseased part, and covered with a layer or bandage of dry cloth or oiled cloth.

n. An apparatus in which bales of cotton, etc., are pressed into the smallest possible compass for stowage.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make more compact by or as if by pressing

v. squeeze or press together

n. a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

Word Usage

"For your herbal enlightenment, the cloth dipped into the strained-tea infusion is called a compress; with the steeped flowers, it becomes a poultice."

Verb Form

compressed compresses compressing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

dressing medical dressing

Form

compressed decompress compressed air compressive strength compressor

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

squeeze abridge condense crowd reduce

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bess Es Etess Fs Hess

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

compressed-air poultice low-pressure washcloth bakers'