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(n)
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
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(v)
(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
(adj)
Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
make more compact by or as if by pressing
An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
That compresses
(transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.
(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
Causing revulsion.
The layout of a publication or document.
(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
(ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
(transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
(transitive) To make (more) dense.
(transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
(countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
(intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
A crunching noise.
(transitive) To find time or other resources for.
(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
An act of crushing or squeezing.
(intransitive, of people) To move closer together, in order to make more space for someone else.
To compact again.
A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
The act of collapsing.
(transitive) To go into (a cramped space); to barely fit into.
(obsolete) To compress; to shut up (confine).
(idiomatic) To catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit.
(ambitransitive) To push (someone or something) into an excessively small space; to pack tightly.
(ambitransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
(transitive) To pack into boxes.
(transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To conclude or finish completely.
To compact partially in preparation for full compaction or extrusion.
The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
(transitive) To make tighter.
Alternative spelling of smush. [A beaten or pulverized mass.]
A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
To conclude or resolve (something):
(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
(intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
(intransitive) To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued.
(wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
(transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
(figurative) To make into a concise form; to encapsulate.
(transitive) To divide into smaller parts; to divide into compartments.
(transitive) To bring together at a common centre.
(ambitransitive) To make or become close.
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
(transitive) To press close to.
A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
(transitive, of a group) To squeeze a large number of people in a small space.
To make pemmican out of; to dry and beat into a paste, possibly combining with fat and berries.
(medicine) Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
An act of stretching.
A tight grip.
To roughly force into a small space or difficult position.
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
(transitive) To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap.
(ambitransitive) To cause constipation in, render costive.
(transitive) To hold inside.
To pack tightly by applying pressure.
(transitive) To wrap up in a parcel.
A substance that is in a condensed form.
To bind by moral or legal obligation.
(intransitive) To eat heartily.
An act of hitting hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; a whack; also, a powerful stroke involved in such hitting; a blow, a strike.
(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
(transitive) To bring something (often waste) away when one leaves a natural environment like a campground.
(transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
(transitive, rare) To make snug.
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
(geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
(ambitransitive) To expand together; to (cause to) undergo coexpansion.
(transitive) To confine.