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.