Definition: Compress (Meaning of Compress)

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Compress ¹

Definition: To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.

Definition: To embrace sexually.

Definition: A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

Definition: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

Definition: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

Definition: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"