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.
7.adjectivePressed tightly together.
8.adjectiveFlattened, especially when along its entire length.