transitive verb. To press together.

transitive verb. To make more compact by or as if by pressing.

transitive verb. To encode (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmittal.

noun. 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.

noun. A machine for compressing material.

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

To embrace sexually.

Synonyms To crowd, squeeze.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

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

noun. 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.

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

transitive verb. To embrace sexually.

transitive verb. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. A machine for compressing

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

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

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

verb. To abridge.

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

verb. make more compact by or as if by pressing

verb. squeeze or press together

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

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

compression  

compressed  compressed air  compressedly  compressibility  compressible  

dressing  medical dressing  

Bess  Es  Etess  Fs  Hess  

air-dried  bakers'  compressed-air  dressing  gazpacho  

Ace bandage  Band-Aid  abbreviate  abridge  abridge  

compressed  compresses  compressing