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| NOUN | 1 | compress | A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) |
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| VERB | 1 | compress, compact, pack together | Make more compact by or as if by pressing |
| 2 | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | Squeeze or press together |
| Sounds | kaa'mprehs; kahmpreh's |
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| Rhymes | ABS, abscess, access, and 73 more rhymes in ehs... |
| Meaning | A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever). |
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| Substances | foamentation |
| Broader | dressing, medical dressing |
| Meaning | Make more compact by or as if by pressing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "compress the data" |
| Synonyms | compact, pack together |
| Contrary | decompress, uncompress |
| Broader | wedge, squeeze, force |
| Narrower | tamp down, tamp, pack |
| Entails | press |
| Nouns | compression; compressing |
| Meaning | Squeeze or press together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "she compressed her lips" |
| Synonyms | constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press |
| Broader | tighten |
| Narrower | choke, strangle; prim; astringe; strangulate; convulse; convulse; bear down, overbear; choke, gag, fret; choke, scrag |
| Entailed by | wring out, squeeze out; strangle, strangulate, throttle |
| Adjectives | compressible; compressible; compressible |
| Nouns | compression; compressor; compression, compressing |
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