compress

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , the past participle of , itself from +.

Verb

 * 1)  To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
 * 2)  To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
 * 3)  To condense into a more economic, easier format.
 * 4)  To abridge.
 * 5)  To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
 * 6)  To embrace sexually.
 * 1)  To condense into a more economic, easier format.
 * 2)  To abridge.
 * 3)  To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
 * 4)  To embrace sexually.
 * 1)  To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
 * 2)  To embrace sexually.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , ; see also Thesaurus:compress
 * ,, , ; see also Thesaurus:shorten
 * ,, , ; see also Thesaurus:shorten

Antonyms

 * (press together): expand
 * (be pressed together): decontract
 * (condense, abridge): expand, lengthen
 * (make computing data smaller): uncompress

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: kunpremi
 * Finnish:, , kompressoida
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: dlúthaigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: comprimō, stringō
 * Maori: whakawhāiti, kurutē
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scots: pran
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: cywasgu,


 * Bulgarian: сбивам се, сгъстявам се
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kunpremiĝi
 * Finnish: puristua, pusertua, kompressoitua
 * Irish: dlúthaigh
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakarāpopoto
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian: компримирам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: komprimovat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: densigi, kunpremi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: þjappa
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * French: ,

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from , the past participle of , itself from +.

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.
 * 2) A machine for compressing.
 * 1) A machine for compressing.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  ,
 * Czech: kompres
 * Danish: kompres
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπληνίον
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: fōmentum
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kompress
 * Nynorsk: kompress
 * Occitan: compressa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: compressa
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tocharian B: tsatsāpar