nnoun.actapplying pressureSynset:compression
Antonyms:decompression
Derivationally Related Form:compress
Hypernyms:press pressing pressure
Inherited Hypernyms:compressionpresspushpropulsionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:compactioncondensationcondensingconstrictioncrunchcrushsqueezesqueezing
Full Hyponyms:bronchospasmcardiospasmcondensingconstrictioncrushexpressionextrusiongrindheavelaryngismuspinchspasmsqueezestrangulationthickeningvasoconstriction
vverb.contactmake more compact by or as if by pressingSynset:compact compress pack together
Antonyms:decompress
Derivationally Related Form:compressingcompactioncompression
Hypernyms:force squeeze wedge
Inherited Hypernyms:compresswedgemove
Direct Hyponyms:packtamptamp down
Entailment:press
Full Troponyms:tamp down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactsqueeze or press togetherSynset:compact compress constrict contract press squeeze
Examples:- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
Derivationally Related Form:compressorcompressioncontractorpresspressingcompressiblecompressingconstrictorconstrictioncontracturecontraction
Hypernyms:tighten
Inherited Hypernyms:compresstightenchange
Direct Hyponyms:astringebear downchokeconvulsefretgagoverbearprimscragstranglestrangulate
Full Troponyms:astringebear downchokeconvulseprimstrangulate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something