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compress (verb)

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  • compress — ► VERB 1) flatten by pressure; force into less space. 2) squeeze or press (two things) together. ► NOUN ▪ a pad of absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding. DERIVATIVES compressibility noun… …   English terms dictionary

  • compress — com‧press [kəmˈpres] verb [transitive] COMPUTING to make a computer file smaller, so that it takes up less space and is easier to store or send: • Compressing data reduces storage and communication costs. compare decompress * * * compress UK US… …   Financial and business terms

  • compress — verb Compress is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑mouth Compress is used with these nouns as the object: ↑file …   Collocations dictionary

  • compress — verb kəm prɛs 1》 flatten by pressure; squeeze into less space.     ↘squeeze or press (two things) together.     ↘[as adjective compressed] chiefly Biology having a narrow shape as if flattened, especially sideways. 2》 reduce the dynamic range of… …   English new terms dictionary

  • compress — verb 1) the skirt can be compressed into a small bag Syn: squeeze, press, squash, crush, cram, jam, stuff; tamp, pack, compact; constrict; informal scrunch 2) the text was compressed Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • compress — verb 1) it is coconut compressed into a slab Syn: squeeze, press, squash, crush, compact 2) the material has been compressed into 17 pages Syn: shorten, abridge, condense, abbreviate, contract …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • compress — verb (t) /kəmˈprɛs / (say kuhm pres) 1. to press together; force into less space. 2. Computers to encode (data) into a form that uses less storage. –noun /ˈkɒmprɛs / (say kompres) 3. Medicine a soft pad of lint, linen, or the like, held in place… …  

  • compress — compresses, compressing, compressed (The verb is pronounced [[t]kəmpre̱s[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]kɒ̱mpres[/t]].) 1) V ERG When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space. [V n]… …   English dictionary

  • compress — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin compressare to press hard, frequentative of Latin comprimere to compress, from com + premere to press more at press Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to press or squeeze together 2. to reduce …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • compress — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if you compress something it is pressed so that it takes up less space: compress sth into: The machine compresses old cars into blocks of scrap metal. | compressed air/gas etc: Compressed gas was escaping through a hole in the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • compress — I UK [kəmˈpres] / US verb [transitive] Word forms compress : present tense I/you/we/they compress he/she/it compresses present participle compressing past tense compressed past participle compressed 1) to press or squeeze something so that it… …   English dictionary

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