compress

Speech parts

1. compress - Noun

2. compress - Verb

Meaning

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.

To embrace sexually.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

squeeze press contract compact condense reduce pack squash abridge cram decrease concentrate diminish shrink shorten
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Antonyms

expand lengthen decompress uncompress jack ream
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Hypernyms

force dressing wedge squeeze tighten medical dressing

Hyponyms

prim pack gag choke fret strangle

Phrases with the word

to compress cold compress

Derivatives

compressed compressing

Examples

she compressed her lips Source: Internet

the spasm contracted the muscle Source: Internet

compress the data Source: Internet

According to the Lawson criterion, the amount of energy needed to heat the D-T fuel to break-even conditions at ambient pressure is perhaps 100 times greater than the energy needed to compress it to a pressure that would deliver the same rate of fusion. Source: Internet

Abstract, introspective answers to these questions can theoretically compress large amounts of facts into relatively few principles. Source: Internet

2D+Delta Encoding techniques utilize H.264 and MPEG-2 compatible coding and can use motion compensation to compress between stereoscopic images. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

compresence compresent compresently compress cotton compressability compressable