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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pressed (kəm prest′),USA pronunciation adj. - Physicspressed into less space;
condensed:compressed gases. - pressed together:compressed lips.
- flattened by or as if by pressure:compressed wallboard.
- [Zool., Bot.]flattened laterally.
- 1325–75; Middle English; see compress, -ed2
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged expanded.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•press /v. kəmˈprɛs; n. ˈkɑmprɛs/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to press or squeeze together;
force into less space:The fuel mixture is compressed in the chamber by the piston. - to condense, shorten, or abbreviate:She compressed a one-hour lecture into a twenty-minute talk.
n. [countable] - Medicinea soft pad held on the body to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
com•press•i•bil•i•ty /kəmˌprɛsəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]com•press•i•ble, adj. See -press-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•press (v. kəm pres′;n. kom′pres),USA pronunciation v.t. - to press together;
force into less space. - to cause to become a solid mass:to compress cotton into bales.
- to condense, shorten, or abbreviate:The book was compressed by 50 pages.
n. - Medicinea soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
- an apparatus for compressing cotton bales.
- a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment.
- Middle French compresse, noun, nominal derivative of the verb, verbal
- Late Latin compressāre, frequentative of Latin comprimere to squeeze together (see com-, press1); (noun, nominal)
- Middle French compresser)
- (verb, verbal) Middle English (1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged condense, squeeze, constrict. See contract.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged expand, spread.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: compress vb /kəmˈprɛs/- (transitive) to squeeze together or compact into less space; condense
- to apply a compression program to (electronic data) so that it takes up less space
n /ˈkɒmprɛs/- a wet or dry cloth or gauze pad with or without medication, applied firmly to some part of the body to relieve discomfort, reduce fever, drain a wound, etc
Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin compressāre, from Latin comprimere, from premere to presscomˈpressible adj |