Definition of compresses Compresses

/kɑˈmpɹɛsʌz/ - [kampresuz] -

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Noun Plural: compresses
compress - a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
		medical dressing, dressing the act of applying a bandage
Verb compresses, compressing, compressed
compress - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
		constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
		tighten become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
		strangle, choke die from strangulation
		prim dress primly
		astringe become constricted or compressed; "The cold substance astringes"
		strangulate become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
		convulse be overcome with laughter
		convulse be overcome with laughter
		overbear, bear down bear too much
		gag, fret, choke make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
		scrag, choke breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
compress - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
		compact, pack together
		uncompress, decompress restore to its uncompressed form; "decompress data"
		press place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers"
		wedge, force, squeeze squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"
		tamp, tamp down, pack press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

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compress (Noun)
A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc. , used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
compress (Noun)
A machine for compressing.
compress (Verb)
To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
compress (Verb)
To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
compress (Verb)
To condense into a more economic, easier format.
compress (Verb)
To abridge.

compress (v. t.)
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.
compress (v. t.)
To embrace sexually.
compress (n.)
A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

compress
Any therapeutic material that is used to cover an injury.
compress
To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
compress
A soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.

compress
kom-pres′, v.t. to press together: to force into a narrower space: to condense or concentrate.—n. Com′press, soft folds of linen, &c., formed into a pad, and used in surgery to apply any requisite pressure to any part: a wet cloth, covered with waterproof, applied to the skin.—adj. Compressed′.—ns. Compressibil′ity, Compres′sibleness, the property that bodies have of being reduced in volume by pressure—the ratio of the amount of compression per unit volume to the compressing force applied.—adj. Compres′sible, that may be compressed.—n. Compres′sion, act of compressing: state of being compressed, condensation.—adjs. Compres′sional; Compres′sive, able to compress.—ns. Compres′sor, anything that compresses; a muscle that compresses certain parts; Compres′sure.—Compressed-air bath, a strong chamber of iron plates in which a patient can sit, and into which air is driven by a steam-engine to any required pressure; Compressed-air motor, any mode of employing air as a motive-power, as in automatic railway-brakes, &c. [L. compressāre, com, together, and pressāre, to press—premĕre, pressum, to press.]

compress
A pad of soft linen used by the surgeon for the dressing of a wound.
compress
A mechanism generally adopted afloat for facilitating the working of the large guns recently introduced; the gun-carriage is thus compressed to its slide or platform during the recoil, and set free again by the turn of a handle for running up. It is of various forms; one of the simpler kind used to be always applied to carronade slides.