Overview of verb compress

The verb compress has 2 senses

• compress, compact, pack together -- (make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data")


• compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press -- (squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle")

Overview of adj compressed

The adj compressed has 3 senses

• compressed, tight -- (pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed")


• compressed -- (reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air")


• compressed, flat -- (flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes))