verb🔗ShareTo make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume."The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement."physicstechnologyscienceenergyspacetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format."Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel"technologycomputingmachinetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo condense into a more economic, easier format."This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram."technologycomputingsciencephysicstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo abridge."If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information."languagewritingwordtoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits."The software compressed the large video file, making it smaller so it could be emailed easily. "computingtechnologyelectronicsinternetsignalmachinetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury."He held a cold compress over the sprain."medicineaidtoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA machine for compressing"The printing shop uses a large compress to reduce the size of the paper before shipping. "machinedevicetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading