compress

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
dressing, medical dressing
• Substance Meronyms:
fomentation

II - verb

1. make more compact by or as if by pressing (Freq. 6)
- compress the data
• Syn:
compact, pack together
• Ant:
decompress
• Derivationally related forms:
compaction (for: compact), compression, compressing
• Hypernyms:
wedge, squeeze, force
• Hyponyms:
tamp down, tamp, pack
• Entailment:
press
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. squeeze or press together (Freq. 2)
- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
• Syn:
constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
• Derivationally related forms:
press (for: press), pressing (for: press), contraction (for: contract), contracture (for: contract), contractor (for: contract), constriction (for: constrict), constrictor (for: constrict), compressible, compression, compressor, compressing
• Hypernyms:
tighten
• Hyponyms:
choke, strangle, prim, astringe, strangulate,
convulse, bear down, overbear, gag, fret, scrag
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press, pack together
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  decompress, uncompress