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compress

[ verb kuhm-pres; noun kom-pres ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to press together; force into less space.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to cause to become a solid mass:

    to compress cotton into bales.

  3. to condense, shorten, or abbreviate:

    The book was compressed by 50 pages.

  4. Computers. to reduce the storage space required for (data) by changing its format:

    The algorithm should compress the video file without losing any quality.



noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
  2. an apparatus for compressing cotton bales.
  3. a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment.

compress

verb

  1. tr to squeeze together or compact into less space; condense
  2. computing to apply a compression program to (electronic data) so that it takes up less space
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a wet or dry cloth or gauze pad with or without medication, applied firmly to some part of the body to relieve discomfort, reduce fever, drain a wound, etc
  2. a machine for packing material, esp cotton, under pressure
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 肠辞尘藞辫谤别蝉蝉颈产濒别, adjective
  • 肠辞尘藞辫谤别蝉蝉颈产濒测, adverb
  • 肠辞尘藞辫谤别蝉蝉颈产濒别ness, noun
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  • 肠辞尘路辫谤别蝉蝉顎僫路产濒测 adverb
  • 肠辞尘路辫谤别蝉蝉顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍顎卌辞尘路辫谤别蝉顎僺颈路产濒别 adjective
  • 辞顎卾别谤路肠辞尘路辫谤别蝉蝉顎 verb (used with object)
  • 辫谤别顎卌辞尘路辫谤别蝉蝉顎 verb (used with object)
  • un顎叧Υ浅韭繁璋鸩醪躅僫路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of compress1

1350鈥1400; (v.) Middle English (< Middle French compresser ) < Late Latin 肠辞尘辫谤别蝉蝉腻谤别, frequentative of Latin comprimere to squeeze together ( com-, press 1 ); (noun) < Middle French compresse, noun derivative of the v.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of compress1

C14: from Late Latin 肠辞尘辫谤别蝉蝉腻谤别, from Latin comprimere, from premere to press
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Itamar Moses, no stranger to unlikely dramatic subjects, compressed the epic saga into a compact yet labyrinthine book.

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These organizations have compressed the timeline for achieving parity in Sacramento to just over a decade.

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Morgan was impatient with acquaintances who wished to compress all these considerations into a single all-purpose maxim.

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The images were then being additionally compressed using a technique that left them unsuitable for use with the PND.

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Before tyres leave the UK they are compressed into huge rubber cubes known as "bales".

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