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Meaning compress meaning

What does compress mean?
Definitions in simple English

compress Verb

— If you compress something, you make it smaller by pushing on it.

compress

— verb (= compact) make more compact by or as if by pressing compress the data — verb (= squeeze, contract, press) squeeze or press together she compressed her lips the spasm contracted the muscle — noun a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

Synonyms compress synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as compress?

compress English » English

press squeeze condense compact contract press together crush constrict pack stuff shrink poultice shorten pinch flatten cram bandage abridge wad squash reduce push down push pledget grip clench zip tighten tamp strangulate ram purse pack together oppress mash jam grasp fomentation crowd together constriction concentrate clamp abbreviate tuck in touch tie thrust summarise strangle stifle

Topics compress topics

What do people use compress to talk about?
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push

  • What words refer to pushing something from all directions?
    squeeze compress
States Quality Made of, material

Dense

Conjugation compress conjugation

How do you conjugate compress?

compress · verb

Examples compress examples

How do I use compress in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Darling, give me a new compress.
A compress.
We'll renew the compress.
Dunyasha, make Mama a cold compress.
Normally speaking no. A large snake like a python will compress it's prey, until it's ready to eat it.
Oh. yes, I'm afraid we shall. yes, we'll have to put a cold compress on that.
Change the compress, Mizzi.
Put a heat compress on it, and start looking in the men's shower for a few days.
Compress the muscles.
The compress! It's cold!
Maybe they have some ice to make a cold compress or something.
Let's get ice or a compress.
Get a cold compress for that thing on your head, and a large bottle of Aspirin!
Sister, put a compress on him!
I got a job at the cotton compress.
I was so surprised to hear you went to work down at the cotton compress.
If it swells up, put a compress on it.
Put on a compress.
No. Normally speaking no. A large snake like a python will compress it's prey, until it's ready to eat it.
Cold compress.
Klink, shut up, or I'll put that compress on your mouth.
How does that compress feel, Your Eminence?
Let Christa make you a compress.
I'll make you a compress.
Do you want to change the compress?
Compress.
Dunyasha, make Mama a cold compress. Take this footstool.
Make a compress.
Do you have a cold compress?
Get a compress!
Mummy, prepare a compress for the director, Feri!
We get a hollow sphere of plutonium, and we compress it with an explosion that goes in.
I BREAK UP CARS, COMPRESS THEM.
No problem. I'll compress the signal flow.
You wanna lie down for a while? Cold compress or hot compress.
Did wearing that helmet all those years compress your brain?
Margaret, ask Betsy to make up a cold compress.

News and current affairs

Likewise, only by adopting such a strategy can the US start to compress the Pentagon's inflated budget and begin to address its many domestic woes.
Looking ahead, the appreciating euro (another surprise, especially to the many observers who doubted its survival less than two years ago) will compress the eurozone's current-account surplus to some extent.

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