1. Applying pressure
   - compression

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: compressible, compression, compressor

Type of: force, press, pressing, pressure, squeeze, tighten, wedge

Antonym: decompress

Encyclopedia: Compress

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