Compress
verb
To make a big thing into a smaller space, usually by using force.
I compressed my clothes into the suitcase.
Often appears as...
- compress into a single file
- compress a spring
verb
To reduce the information or data into a smaller size.
You can compress large files to save disk space.
Often appears as...
- compress a file
- compress data
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Technical
noun
A cloth that is tightly pressed onto a body part to stop bleeding or reduce pain.
The nurse put a cold compress on his forehead to reduce fever.
Often appears as...
- cold compress
- hot compress
verb
To make a big thing into a smaller space, usually by using force.
I compressed my clothes into the suitcase.
Often appears as...
- compress into a single file
- compress a spring
verb
To reduce the information or data into a smaller size.
You can compress large files to save disk space.
Often appears as...
- compress a file
- compress data
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A cloth that is tightly pressed onto a body part to stop bleeding or reduce pain.
The nurse put a cold compress on his forehead to reduce fever.
Often appears as...
- cold compress
- hot compress
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Force
Emphasizes the use of physical strength or mechanical power to reduce size.
He compressed the cardboard box to fit it into the bin.
Pro Tip 2/3Space Saving
Often used when packing or storing items tightly to conserve space.
She compressed her quilts in vacuum bags for storage.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Effort
The action usually requires effort or energy to push things together.
They compressed the garbage to make more room in the dumpster.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Force
Emphasizes the use of physical strength or mechanical power to reduce size.
He compressed the cardboard box to fit it into the bin.
Pro Tip 2/3Space Saving
Often used when packing or storing items tightly to conserve space.
She compressed her quilts in vacuum bags for storage.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Effort
The action usually requires effort or energy to push things together.
They compressed the garbage to make more room in the dumpster.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Force
Emphasizes the use of physical strength or mechanical power to reduce size.
He compressed the cardboard box to fit it into the bin.
Pro Tip 2/3Space Saving
Often used when packing or storing items tightly to conserve space.
She compressed her quilts in vacuum bags for storage.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Effort
The action usually requires effort or energy to push things together.
They compressed the garbage to make more room in the dumpster.
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to solve a business problem in a compressed time frame. And what's interesting to me is that the teams that usually win are not the ones with the most experienced team members, but the ones with members who are open to learn, who are open to unlearn and who are open to helping each other navigate through the changing circumstances.
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What's below the tip of...
about the icy islands. The life of an iceberg begins many thousands of years before it reaches the ocean. Unlike sea ice or pack ice, which form when the ocean freezes, glaciers are made of fresh water. For thousands of years, these glaciers build layer upon layer of ice, constantly compressing, moving, adding snow,
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The unheard story of...
The pituitary tumor, as it grows, often starts to compress the visual nerves in your brain, with the result that people with acromegaly have either double vision or they are profoundly nearsighted. So when people have started to speculate about what might have been wrong with Goliath, they've said, "Wait a minute,
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How the James Webb Space...
this origami telescope. First we unfolded the solar panels. Then we unfold the transmitter antenna so we can talk back and forth. Then we unfold the panels that hold the great sunshade in place. This takes us actually two weeks in real life. You see it compressed here so we can show it to you.
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What are gravitational...
And they're not the only ones. There are gravitational wave detectors spread across the world. These L-shaped instruments have long arms, whose exact length is measured with lasers. If the length changes, it could be because gravitational waves are stretching and compressing the arms.
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The making of cosmic...
sitting around idly tiny variations in the density of the universe eventually will grow to be all the structures we see around us those variations in density also set up cosmic sound waves as gravity compresses the photon gas and radiation pressure resists that these
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World's Biggest Penis...
day and also it will provide other kinds of structural integrity as well so it will help keep the urethra open during sex so preventing the tube through which sperm passes from kind of being compressed and collapsed while well sex
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The effects of...
So, any air-filled spaces, like a rockfish's swim bladder, or human lungs, will compress as they descend deeper and expand as they ascend. After a fish bites a fisherman's hook and is quickly reeled up to the surface,
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Three ways the universe...
Stars too would hurtle together and collide. Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter. The size of the universe would plummet until everything compressed into such a small space
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
with these other what he described as high energy compressed speech people and um and he said that the things that work they're not necessarily dramatic so he
Video examples
Be humble -- and other...
to solve a business problem in a compressed time frame. And what's interesting to me is that the teams that usually win are not the ones with the most experienced team members, but the ones with members who are open to learn, who are open to unlearn and who are open to helping each other navigate through the changing circumstances.
Video examples
What's below the tip of...
about the icy islands. The life of an iceberg begins many thousands of years before it reaches the ocean. Unlike sea ice or pack ice, which form when the ocean freezes, glaciers are made of fresh water. For thousands of years, these glaciers build layer upon layer of ice, constantly compressing, moving, adding snow,
Video examples
The unheard story of...
The pituitary tumor, as it grows, often starts to compress the visual nerves in your brain, with the result that people with acromegaly have either double vision or they are profoundly nearsighted. So when people have started to speculate about what might have been wrong with Goliath, they've said, "Wait a minute,
Video examples
How the James Webb Space...
this origami telescope. First we unfolded the solar panels. Then we unfold the transmitter antenna so we can talk back and forth. Then we unfold the panels that hold the great sunshade in place. This takes us actually two weeks in real life. You see it compressed here so we can show it to you.
Video examples
What are gravitational...
And they're not the only ones. There are gravitational wave detectors spread across the world. These L-shaped instruments have long arms, whose exact length is measured with lasers. If the length changes, it could be because gravitational waves are stretching and compressing the arms.
Video examples
The making of cosmic...
sitting around idly tiny variations in the density of the universe eventually will grow to be all the structures we see around us those variations in density also set up cosmic sound waves as gravity compresses the photon gas and radiation pressure resists that these
Video examples
World's Biggest Penis...
day and also it will provide other kinds of structural integrity as well so it will help keep the urethra open during sex so preventing the tube through which sperm passes from kind of being compressed and collapsed while well sex
Video examples
The effects of...
So, any air-filled spaces, like a rockfish's swim bladder, or human lungs, will compress as they descend deeper and expand as they ascend. After a fish bites a fisherman's hook and is quickly reeled up to the surface,
Video examples
Three ways the universe...
Stars too would hurtle together and collide. Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter. The size of the universe would plummet until everything compressed into such a small space
Video examples
Stopping Pandemics, An...
with these other what he described as high energy compressed speech people and um and he said that the things that work they're not necessarily dramatic so he
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John Lee Hancock
American Writer
Every time you do a true story - and I've done a few - you have to look in the mirror and say, 'That's close enough. I'm comfortable with this.' You're always going to compress time; you're going to change the order of things. But I don't think you want to tell a big lie. You want to think that you're embracing the truth.
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Shawn Michaels
American Wrestler
I enjoyed the theatrics and the physical demands of everything that went on in the ring. But I was, initially, a relatively shy kid. I think that's probably what attracted me to hunting is that it was such a polar opposite of the other, and it was that opportunity for peace and quiet and to decompress.
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Homer Hickam
American Author
A memoir is not an autobiography. It's a true story told as a novel, using techniques of novelization. The author is allowed to compress events, combine characters, change names, change the sequence of events, just as if he's writing a novel. But it's got to be true.
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Cary Fukunaga
American Director
With 'Sin Nombre,' there are parts that I wish were longer. And with 'Jane Eyre' especially, there were parts that I had to compress that I thought it would have been really nice to spend more time with - to spend with the characters.
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Brad Feld
American Businessman
Ultimately, the goal is to use acquisitions to compress time on product development and get people on the team, especially in senior roles, who can help build out areas of the company they have experience in.
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Cecelia Ahern
Irish Novelist
We have a tendency to put ourselves last, we concentrate on everything else; work, friends, family, home issues, but we ignore the deeper stuff until it becomes so compressed that it can explode.
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Atul Kulkarni
Indian Actor
Playing a character is like compressing an entire life into a few lines - that isn't an easy task.
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Liz Cambage
Australian Basketball Player
I feel like my game has always been compressed and lowered because I'm taller, more passionate.
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Sarah Brightman
English Musician
Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.
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Harlan Howard
American Musician
I take a whole life story and compress it into three minutes.
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John Lee Hancock
American Writer
Every time you do a true story - and I've done a few - you have to look in the mirror and say, 'That's close enough. I'm comfortable with this.' You're always going to compress time; you're going to change the order of things. But I don't think you want to tell a big lie. You want to think that you're embracing the truth.
Quote examples
Shawn Michaels
American Wrestler
I enjoyed the theatrics and the physical demands of everything that went on in the ring. But I was, initially, a relatively shy kid. I think that's probably what attracted me to hunting is that it was such a polar opposite of the other, and it was that opportunity for peace and quiet and to decompress.
Quote examples
Homer Hickam
American Author
A memoir is not an autobiography. It's a true story told as a novel, using techniques of novelization. The author is allowed to compress events, combine characters, change names, change the sequence of events, just as if he's writing a novel. But it's got to be true.
Quote examples
Cary Fukunaga
American Director
With 'Sin Nombre,' there are parts that I wish were longer. And with 'Jane Eyre' especially, there were parts that I had to compress that I thought it would have been really nice to spend more time with - to spend with the characters.
Quote examples
Brad Feld
American Businessman
Ultimately, the goal is to use acquisitions to compress time on product development and get people on the team, especially in senior roles, who can help build out areas of the company they have experience in.
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Cecelia Ahern
Irish Novelist
We have a tendency to put ourselves last, we concentrate on everything else; work, friends, family, home issues, but we ignore the deeper stuff until it becomes so compressed that it can explode.
Quote examples
Atul Kulkarni
Indian Actor
Playing a character is like compressing an entire life into a few lines - that isn't an easy task.
Quote examples
Liz Cambage
Australian Basketball Player
I feel like my game has always been compressed and lowered because I'm taller, more passionate.
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Sarah Brightman
English Musician
Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.
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Harlan Howard
American Musician
I take a whole life story and compress it into three minutes.
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