Compress

verb

/kəmˈpɹɛs/

Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

1.verbTo make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

"The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement."

2.verbTo be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

"Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel"

3.verbTo condense into a more economic, easier format.

"This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram."

4.verbTo abridge.

"If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information."

5.verbTo make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

6.verbTo embrace sexually.