26984 words

compress

8 definitions • 11 examples
1
to press something into a smaller space:

Examples:

Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.
2
to make information, a piece of writing, etc. shorter:

Examples:

The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months.
I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs.
3
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:

Examples:

to compress data/files
4
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:

Examples:

a cold/hot compress
5
to press something into a smaller space:

Examples:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier.
Firmly compress the dirt in the pot to hold the plant upright.
6
To compress also means to shorten something so that it takes less time:

Examples:

Four years of normal mortgage business is being compressed into two months.
7
a thick, soft piece of cloth that is pressed to a part of a person’s body esp. to help a healing process:

Examples:

Apply warm compresses to the infected area.
8
to make computer information take up less space in memory or on a disk, by using a special program:

Examples:

Mega sites such as YouTube compress data to accommodate huge numbers of videos.

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