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compresses, 3rd person singular present; compressed, past tense; compressed, past participle; compressing, present participle;
  1. Flatten by pressure; squeeze; press
    • - the skirt can be folded and compressed into a small bag
    • - compressed gas
  2. Be squeezed or pressed together or into a smaller space
    • - the land is sinking as the soil compresses
  3. Squeeze or press (two things) together
    • - Violet compressed her lips together grimly
  4. Express in a shorter form; abridge
    • - in this chapter we compress into summary form the main findings
  5. Alter the form of (data) to reduce the amount of storage necessary

  6. Having a narrow shape as if flattened, esp. sideways
    • - most sea snakes have a compressed tail
  1. pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
  2. reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"
  3. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
  4. (compress) make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
  5. (compress) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
  6. (compressing) compression: applying pressure
  7. (Compress (medical)) A dressing is an adjunct used by a person for application to a wound to promote healing and/or prevent further harm. A dressing is designed to be in direct contact with the wound, which makes it different from a bandage, which is primarily used to hold a dressing in place. ...
  8. (Compression (album)) Compression is the first solo album by bassist Billy Sheehan, formerly of Talas, David Lee Roth, and Mr. Big.
  9. (Compression (astronomy)) Compression, in astronomy is the deviation of a heavenly body from the spherical form, called also the ellipticity. It is numerically expressed by the ratio of the differences of the axes to the major axis of the spheroid. ...
  10. (Compression (functional analysis)) In functional analysis, the compression of a linear operator T on a Hilbert space to a subspace K is the operator
  11. (Compression (geology)) In geology the term compression refers to a set of stresses directed toward the center of a rock mass. Compressive strength refers to the maximum compressive stress that can be applied to a material before failure occurs. ...
  12. (Compression (music)) Dynamic range compression, also called DRC (often seen in DVD and car CD player settings) or simply compression, is a process that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal, that is, narrows the difference between high and low audio levels or volumes. ...
  13. (compress) 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; A machine for compressing; To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something ...
  14. (compression) to increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction; the cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed; the process by which data is compressed; the electronic process by which any sound's gain ...
  15. (compress) vb. To reduce the size of a set of data, such as a file or a communications message, so that it can be stored in less space or transmitted with less bandwidth. ...
  16. (Compress) a folded cloth or pad applied so as to press upon a body part.
  17. (compress) A cloth soaked in a hot herbal infusion which, when applied to the affected area, relieves irritation and fatigue. Compresses may also be cold to help reduce inflammation.
  18. (compress) To make a file smaller, and therefore faster to transfer across the network. Compressed files for Macintosh will have names ending in .cpt, .hqx, .sea, .sit or .zip. Graphics are normally compressed, either as GIF or JPEG files. ...
  19. (Compress) to condense, shorten, or abbreviate
  20. (compress) To reduce the size of a digital file for the purpose of speedier file transfer and archiving.
  21. (COMPRESS) a sterile pressure bandage for direct application in dressing a wound (the non-sterile or backside marked to face outwards), furnished with integral ties but may be taped into place. ...
  22. (Compress) Cloth soaked with herbal tea and applied externally.
  23. (Compress) Reduce the size of a file (a piece of electronic data) so that it takes up less physical space on a computer disk, to facilitate more efficient storage, transfer or movement of the data (file) over a computer network.
  24. (Compress) Store data in such a way that the file size is reduced.
  25. (Compress) The act of discarding redundant or semi-redundant information from a file, thereby making it smaller.