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How to pronounce compress in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms compact, pack together
Type of wedge, force, squeeze
Has types tamp, tamp down, pack
Derivation compressing, compression


compress the data.
Type Words
Synonyms compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze
Type of tighten
Has types gag, overbear, bear down, prim, scrag, astringe, strangle, strangulate, choke, convulse, fret
Derivation compression, compressible, compressor, compressing


she compressed her lips.
Type Words
Type of medical dressing, dressing

Examples of compress

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The transverse abdominus acts as a girdle to compress your front abdominal wall.
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The balloon is then inflated to compress the plaque that is blocking the artery.
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It helped, but holding a wet compress was keeping me from my other preparations.
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Put a heavy can or other weight on top of the wrap over the pudding to compress.
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Compressed-air storage uses a motor to drive a piston to compress air in a tank.
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Apply a wrapped ice pack or cool compress to the area for about 10 to 20 minutes.
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Put a heavy object on top of the book to compress the pages while the glue dries.
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The team calculated how gravity would compress planets of varying compositions.
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A cold compress or ice pack placed across the bridge of the nose can also help.
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More examples
  • Make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
  • A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
  • Squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  • (compressed) pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
  • (compressed) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
  • (compressing) compression: applying pressure
  • A dressing is an adjunct used by a person for application to a wound to promote healing and/or prevent further harm. A dressing is designed to be in direct contact with the wound, which makes it different from a bandage, which is primarily used to hold a dressing in place. ...
  • (Compression (album)) Compression is the first solo album by bassist Billy Sheehan, formerly of Talas, David Lee Roth, and Mr. Big.
  • (Compression (astronomy)) Compression, in astronomy is the deviation of a heavenly body from the spherical form, called also the ellipticity. It is numerically expressed by the ratio of the differences of the axes to the major axis of the spheroid. ...