Compress(n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.
Compress(v. t.) To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.
Compress(v. t.) To embrace sexually.
Compressed(a.) Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.
Compressed(a.) Flattened lengthwise.
Compressed(imp. & p. p.) of Compress
Compressibility(n.) The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.
Compressible(a.) Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.
Compressibleness(n.) The quality of being compressible; compressibility.
Compressing(p. pr & vb. n.) of Compress
Compression(n.) The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
Compressive(a.) Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.
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