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compactcompact3 /kəmˈpækt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcompact |
| Present | I, you, we, they | compact | | he, she, it | compacts | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | compacted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have compacted | | he, she, it | has compacted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had compacted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will compact | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have compacted |
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| Present | I | am compacting | | he, she, it | is compacting | | you, we, they | are compacting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was compacting | | you, we, they | were compacting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been compacting | | he, she, it | has been compacting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been compacting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be compacting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been compacting |
THESAURUSheavy weight► press to put pressure or weight on something to make it flat, crush it, etc.: The crop is then gathered and the grapes are pressed. ► squash to press something and damage it by making it flat: Put the tomatoes where they won’t get squashed. ► crush to press something very hard so that it is broken or destroyed: His leg was crushed between the car and the wall. ► mash to press fruit or cooked vegetables until they are soft and smooth: Mash the potatoes well. ► grind to press and cut something into small pieces or powder using a special machine: The flour used to be ground between these two circular stones. ► squeeze to press something from both sides, usually with your fingers: Squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom. ► pinch to press someone’s skin between your finger and thumb: Mom! Anna pinched me, and it really hurt! ► compress formal to press something so that it takes up less space: The pump compresses the air, forcing it through a tube into the tire. ► compact formal to press something together so that it becomes smaller or more solid: The machine compacts household trash. to press something together so that it becomes smaller or more solid: The dirt trail has been compacted from years of use.► see thesaurus at press1—compacted adjective |