Definition of Compress

Compress

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.

To embrace sexually.

A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

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Compress Quotations

The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.
Marilyn vos Savant

Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm.
Karlheinz Stockhausen

I take a whole life story and compress it into three minutes.
Harlan Howard

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Compress Translations

compress in Dutch is comprimeren
compress in French is comprimer, comprimons, comprimez, compriment
compress in German is komprimieren
compress in Latin is adstringo
compress in Portuguese is compressa
compress in Spanish is oprimir
compress in Swedish is komprimera, omslag

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