To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel
To condense into a more economic, easier format.
This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.
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.
A machine for compressing.
From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to compress”), itself from ...
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