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The Meaning of compress
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To embrace sexually.
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(n.) 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.
Synonyms
compact
,
pack together
,
constrict
,
squeeze
,
compact
,
contract
,
press
Antonyms
decompress
Rhymes
abs
,
abscess
,
abts
,
access
,
acquiesce
,
address
,
adss
,
aggress
,
assess
,
attests
,
bess
,
besse
,
bless
,
bress
,
bresse
,
caress
,
ccs
,
ches
,
chess
,
cmos
,
coalesce
,
confess
,
contests
,
convalesce
,
cress
,
depress
,
digests
,
digress
,
dispossess
,
distress
,
dress
,
egress
,
ellesse
,
ess
,
esse
,
etess
,
excess
,
express
,
fess
,
finesse
,
fluoresce
,
fress
,
gess
,
gless
,
gress
,
guess
,
hces
,
headdress
,
hess
,
hesse
,
impress
,
ines
,
inverness
,
jess
,
kess
,
kless
,
kness
,
kress
,
kresse
,
kubes
,
largesse
,
lcs
,
les
,
less
,
letterpress
,
ls
,
mess
,
ness
,
nevertheless
,
noblesse
,
nonetheless
,
oas
,
obsess
,
oppress
,
outguess
,
overdress
,
pesce
,
pless
,
possess
,
press
,
presse
,
process
,
profess
,
progress
,
protests
,
ques
,
reassess
,
recess
,
redress
,
refenes
,
regress
,
reinvests
,
repossess
,
repress
,
requests
,
ress
,
s
,
simplesse
,
stds
,
stress
,
success
,
suppress
,
tcas
,
tess
,
transgress
,
tress
,
ts
,
undress
,
unless
,
uss
,
vess
,
watercress
,
wes
,
wess
,
ws
,
yes