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compress

/ compress /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

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

Type of:

dressing medical dressing

verb Sense 2

squeeze or press together

"she compressed her lips"

"the spasm contracted the muscle"

Type of:

tighten

Kinds of:

choke strangle prim astringe strangulate

Derived:

press pressure pressing contraction muscular contraction

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 3

make more compact by or as if by pressing

"compress the data"

Opposites:

decompress uncompress

Type of:

wedge squeeze force

Kinds of:

tamp down tamp pack

Derived:

crush crunch compaction compression compressing

Entails:

press

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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