compress

IPA: kˈɑmprɛs

A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
A machine for compressing.

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
(transitive) To abridge.
(technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
(obsolete) To embrace sexually.

Examples of "compress" in Sentences

Instead, soak a compress in vinegar and press (don't rub) it against the sting.
But it's really -- it takes a while to sit there and just kind of compress the air.
For your herbal enlightenment, the cloth dipped into the strained-tea infusion is called a compress; with the steeped flowers, it becomes a poultice.
For a stereo stream, not only do you not have to "compress" audio, but you can run well beyond 44.1/16-bit. plenty of 24-bit, 96k devices, for instance.
I often notice wheelchair-users in photographs trying to "compress" themselves and look invisible--getting other people to stand in front of them, around them, etc.
Because high-def signals are exceedingly more plump than standard TV signals and hog the capacity of their pipelines, cable - and satellite-TV operators "compress," or squeeze, them (broadcasters don't have to).
a very cold wet compress, which is next completely covered by silk, gutta-percha, mackintosh, or many thicknesses of newspaper -- anything that will hold all the heat in -- as the cold compress is quickly heated up.
Proulx once acknowledged that she tends to "compress" too much into short stories, but her wordplay is just as relentless in her novels; she seems unaware that all innovative language derives its impact from the contrast to straightforward English.