Compress

[kəm'pres] or [kəm'prɛs]

Definition

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

(verb.) squeeze or press together; 'she compressed her lips'; 'the spasm contracted the muscle'.

(verb.) make more compact by or as if by pressing; 'compress the data'.

Checked by Adelaide--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.

(v. t.) To embrace sexually.

(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.

Checker: Wendy

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Condense, press, squeeze, crowd, press together.

Editor: Nicolas

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Condense, compact, crowd, squeeze, contract, abridge, epitomize, summarize

ANT:Expand, dilate, diffuse, colliquate, Compression,[See COMPRESS]

Typist: Mabel

Definition

v.t. to press together: to force into a narrower space: to condense or concentrate.—n. Com′press soft folds of linen &c. formed into a pad and used in surgery to apply any requisite pressure to any part: a wet cloth covered with waterproof applied to the skin.—adj. Compressed′.—ns. Compressibil′ity Compres′sibleness the property that bodies have of being reduced in volume by pressure—the ratio of the amount of compression per unit volume to the compressing force applied.—adj. Compres′sible that may be compressed.—n. Compres′sion act of compressing: state of being compressed condensation.—adjs. Compres′sional; Compres′sive able to compress.—ns. Compres′sor anything that compresses; a muscle that compresses certain parts; Compres′sure.—Compressed-air bath a strong chamber of iron plates in which a patient can sit and into which air is driven by a steam-engine to any required pressure; Compressed-air motor any mode of employing air as a motive-power as in automatic railway-brakes &c.

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Examples

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