Compress

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:17 pts8 letters

Definition of Compress

Verb

  1. To 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."

  2. To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

    "Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel"

  3. To condense into a more economic, easier format.

    "This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram."

  4. To abridge.

    "If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information."

  5. To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

Noun

  1. A 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."

  2. A machine for compressing.

Anagrams of Compress

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