1. Make more compact by or as if by pressing
   "compress the data"
   - compact, pack together 
2. Squeeze or press together
   "she compressed her lips"
   - constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press

1. A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

Derived forms: compressing, compressed, compresses

See also: compressible, compressing, compression, compressor

Type of: dressing, force, medical dressing, squeeze, tighten, wedge

Antonym: decompress

Encyclopedia: Compress

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