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Verb
/kəmˈpres/,
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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
Noun
  1. A pad of absorbent material pressed onto part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding
    • - a cold compress
  1. (compress) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
  2. (compress) squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  3. (compressed) pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
  4. (compressed) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
  5. (compressing) compression: applying pressure
  6. (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. ...
  7. (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 ...
  8. (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. ...
  9. (Compress) a folded cloth or pad applied so as to press upon a body part.
  10. (Compress) To reduce the size of a file for more efficient storage of information.
  11. (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. ...
  12. (Compress) The act of discarding redundant or semi-redundant information from a file, thereby making it smaller.
  13. (Compress) to condense, shorten, or abbreviate
  14. (compress) to reduce in size or volume
  15. (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. ...
  16. (Compress) Cloth soaked with herbal tea and applied externally.
  17. (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.
  18. (Compress) Store data in such a way that the file size is reduced.
  19. (Compress) The process of converting video and audio data into a more compact form for storage or transmission.
  20. (Compress) This is a compact way to store files containing text, data, or images. Compressed Windows files are known as ZIP files. Compacted Macintosh file are known as SIT, SEA, or HQX files. Special software is necessary to uncompress these files--? ...
  21. (Compress) To condense electronic files for ease of transfer and storage.
  22. (Compress) To make a file smaller by applying a compression algorithm, usually for the purpose of conserving space or speeding up file transfers. This can also refer to the Unix command to compress a file which appends '.Z' to the filename, or to the free GNU enhanced version, gzip.
  23. (Compress) To make data take up less space. Archiving programs do this, which means that files will take less time to transfer with modems. Many modems now have the ability to automatically compress the information they send and receive.
  24. (Compress) Verb meaning to squash and make smaller
  25. (Compress) aka: Seat Bounce, Technical style of ramp jumping in which the rider utilizes the suspension to jump higher.