1. Pressed tightly together
   "with lips compressed"
   - tight 
2. Reduced in volume by pressure
   "compressed air" 
3. Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
   - flat

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

See also: closed, compressible, compressing, compression, compressor, shut, thin

Type of: force, squeeze, tighten, wedge

Antonym: decompress

Encyclopedia: Compress

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