compress
com|press (compresses compressing compressed)
The verb is pronounced /kəmpr'es/ The noun is pronounced /k'ɒmpres/
1 [VERB] V n, V
When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs...
Air will compress but the brake fluid won't.
● compression [N-UNCOUNT]
The compression of the wood is easily achieved.
2 [VERB] V n
If you compress something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter.
All those three books are compacted and compressed into one book.
= condense
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed into n, be V-ed
If an event is compressed into a short space of time, it is given less time to happen than normal or previously.
The four debates will be compressed into an unprecedentedly short eight-day period...
Some courses such as engineering had to be compressed.
4 [N-COUNT]
A compress is a pad of wet or dry cloth pressed on part of a patient's body to reduce fever.
Sore throats may be relieved by cold compresses.
The verb is pronounced /kəmpr'es/ The noun is pronounced /k'ɒmpres/
1 [VERB] V n, V
When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs...
Air will compress but the brake fluid won't.
● compression [N-UNCOUNT]
The compression of the wood is easily achieved.
2 [VERB] V n
If you compress something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter.
All those three books are compacted and compressed into one book.
= condense
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed into n, be V-ed
If an event is compressed into a short space of time, it is given less time to happen than normal or previously.
The four debates will be compressed into an unprecedentedly short eight-day period...
Some courses such as engineering had to be compressed.
4 [N-COUNT]
A compress is a pad of wet or dry cloth pressed on part of a patient's body to reduce fever.
Sore throats may be relieved by cold compresses.