Какво означава compress на английски?

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compress Значение & определение

0 to press something into a smaller space:
- Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.
- compressed air
- The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months.
- I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs.
- to compress data/files
1 a thick, soft piece of cloth that is pressed to a part of a person's body to stop bleeding or to reduce pain or swelling:
- a cold/hot compress
2 to press something into a smaller space:
- Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier.
- Firmly compress the dirt in the pot to hold the plant upright.
- Four years of normal mortgage business is being compressed into two months.
3 a thick, soft piece of cloth that is pressed to a part of a person’s body esp. to help a healing process:
- Apply warm compresses to the infected area.
4 to make computer information take up less space in memory or on a disk, by using a special program:
- Mega sites such as YouTube compress data to accommodate huge numbers of videos.

Deprived of other outlets they brought all their compressed energy to bear on the world of literature and ideas.
The haemoptysis in this case could have been due to erosion of a small vessel of the compressed lung by the false aneurysm.
Both lungs are compressed, reduced in weight but show normal maturity on histological examination.
Both studies are difficult, excessively compressed in some places, dilatory in others, and both could have profited from a stronger editorial hand.
Like all other assessment methods, these are somewhat subjective and also suffer from a compressed score (reported damage levels are often less than 10%).
There are occasional illustrations, and the print varies in size and direction, hinting at a high-tech medium that has been compressed into book form.
Cells in the underlying layer are compressed, creating tension in the plant tissue and holding the trap open.
In addition, during the pre-school years, social activity is compressed into a relatively narrow sphere.