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- Dictionarycompressed/kəmˈprɛst/
adjective
- 1. flattened by pressure; squeezed or pressed together: "compressed gas"
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verb [ T ] uk / kəmˈpres / us / kəmˈpres / to press something into a smaller space: Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure. compressed air. to make information, a piece of writing, etc. shorter: The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months.
to press something into a smaller space: Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure. compressed air. to make information, a piece of writing, etc. shorter: The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months. I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs.
the act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller: Tectonic forces caused compression in the earth’s crust. Compression fractures of the spine are common in older people. nerve compression. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Squeezing and grinding. compressive.
The meaning of COMPRESSED is pressed together : reduced in size or volume (as by pressure). How to use compressed in a sentence.
Compressed definition: pressed into less space; condensed. See examples of COMPRESSED used in a sentence.
1. : a folded cloth or pad applied so as to press upon a body part. 2. : a machine for compressing. Synonyms. Verb. capsule.
to cause to become a solid mass: to compress cotton into bales. to condense, shorten, or abbreviate: The book was compressed by 50 pages. Computers. to reduce the storage space required for (data) by changing its format: The algorithm should compress the video file without losing any quality.
1. pressed together; made more compact by pressure. 2. Botany. flattened lengthwise, as the stalk of an aspen leaf. 3. Zoology. flattened into a thin, convex, streamlined shape, as the body of the flounder or other flatfish. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
A compress is a pad of wet or dry cloth pressed on part of a patient's body to reduce fever, pain, or swelling. Sore throats may be relieved by cold compresses. More Synonyms of compress. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. British English pronunciation. American English pronunciation.
adjective. pressed tightly together. “with lips compressed ”. synonyms: tight. closed, shut. used especially of mouth or eyes. adjective. reduced in volume by pressure. “ compressed air”.
