compressverb [ T ]
uk/kəmˈpres/us/kəmˈpres/to press something into a smaller space:
Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.
compressed air
to make information, a piece of writing, etc. shorter:
The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months.
I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs.
to make a computer file use less space when it is stored in the memory of a computer or on a disk, by using a special program:
to compress data/files
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Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- crush
- depress
- firm
- gnash your teeth idiom
- grind
- ground
- mill
- pack
- pinch
- pound
- pulp
- pulverize
- scrunch
- shut
- shut sth in sth
- squeeze
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Becoming and making smaller or less
Operating computers
compressible
adjective uk/kəmˈpres.ə.bəl/us/kəmˈpres.ə.bəl/
compressible gas
compressnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒm.pres/us/ˈkɑːm.pres/a thick, soft piece of cloth that is pressed to a part of a person's body to stop bleeding or to reduce pain or swelling:
a cold/hot compress
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Medical dressings, supports & devices
- auditory brainstem implant
- Band-Aid
- bandage
- biventricular pacemaker
- calipers
- cochlear implant
- cotton
- cotton ball
- cotton wool ball
- earplug
- Elastoplast
- ice pack
- lint
- liposome
- oxygen tank
- plaster cast
- poultice
- truss
- walker
- Zimmer frame
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