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."technologyphysicssciencetechnicalmachineChat 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"technologycomputingelectronicsChat 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."technologycomputingChat 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."languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits."My computer program compresses the large video file so I can easily email it to my friend. "computingtechnologyelectronicstechnicalsignalChat 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."medicineaidChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA machine for compressing"The factory uses powerful compresses to flatten metal sheets. "machinetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
