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compress
[ verb kuhm-pres; noun kom-pres ]
verb (used with object)
- to press together; force into less space.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to cause to become a solid mass:
to compress cotton into bales.
- to condense, shorten, or abbreviate:
The book was compressed by 50 pages.
- 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
- 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.
- an apparatus for compressing cotton bales.
- a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment.
compress
verb
- tr to squeeze together or compact into less space; condense
- computing to apply a compression program to (electronic data) so that it takes up less space
noun
- 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
- a machine for packing material, esp cotton, under pressure
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
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠辞尘路辫谤别蝉蝉顎僫路产濒别 adjective
- 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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of compress1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Itamar Moses, no stranger to unlikely dramatic subjects, compressed the epic saga into a compact yet labyrinthine book.
These organizations have compressed the timeline for achieving parity in Sacramento to just over a decade.
Morgan was impatient with acquaintances who wished to compress all these considerations into a single all-purpose maxim.
The images were then being additionally compressed using a technique that left them unsuitable for use with the PND.
Before tyres leave the UK they are compressed into huge rubber cubes known as "bales".
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