Found 3 items, similar to compress.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: compress kompres, memadatkan, menekan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: compress compress v 1: make more compact by or as if by pressing; “compress the data” [syn: compact, pack together] [ant: decompress] 2: squeeze or press together; “she compressed her lips”; “the spasm contracted the muscle” [syn: constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press] compress n : a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Compress Compress \Com"press\, n. [F. compresse.] (Surg.) 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. [1913 Webster] Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed; p. pr & vb. n. Compressing.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster] The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. --Melmoth. [1913 Webster] 2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. (Computers) to reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use. [PJC] Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge. [1913 Webster]