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  compress
       
          1. To feed data through any compression algorithm.
       
          2.  The Unix program "compress", now largely
          supplanted by gzip.
       
          Unix compress was written in C by Joseph M. Orost, James
          A. Woods et al., and was widely circulated via Usenet.  It
          uses the Lempel-Ziv Welch algorithm and normally produces
          files with the suffix ".Z".
       
          Compress uses variable length codes.  Initially, nine-bit
          codes are output until they are all used.  When this occurs,
          ten-bit codes are used and so on, until an
          implementation-dependent maximum is reached.
       
          After every 10 kilobytes of input the compression ratio is
          checked.  If it is decreasing then the entire string table is
          discarded and information is collected from scratch.
       
       

  Compress \Com"press\, n. [F. compresse.] (Surg.)
     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.
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  Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed; p. pr &
     vb. n. Compressing.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to
     compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Events of centuries . . . compressed within the
              compass of a single life.             --D. Webster.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The same strength of expression, though more
              compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
                                                    --Melmoth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Computers) to reduce the space required for storage (of
        binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a
        smaller number of bits while preserving the information
        content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to
        recover the initial data format before subsequent use.
        [PJC]
  
     Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.
          [1913 Webster]

  compress [Unix] vt. When used without a qualifier, generally refers to
     crunching of a file using a particular C implementation of compression
     by Joseph M. Orost et al. and widely circulated via Usenet; use of
     crunch itself in this sense is rare among Unix hackers. Specifically,
     compress is built around the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm as described in
     "A Technique for High Performance Data Compression", Terry A. Welch,
     "IEEE Computer", vol. 17, no. 6 (June 1984), pp. 8-19.
  
  

  Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed; p. pr &
     vb. n. Compressing.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to
     compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.]
     1. 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.
  
              Events of centuries . . . compressed within the
              compass of a single life.             --D. Webster.
  
              The same strength of expression, though more
              compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
                                                    --Melmoth.
  
     2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope.
  
     Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.

  Compress \Com"press\, n. [F. compresse.] (Surg.)
     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
       n : a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied
           firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or
           reduce fever)
       v 1: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
            data" [syn: compact, pack together] [ant: decompress]
       2: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
          spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: constrict, squeeze,
           compact, contract, press]

  compress
     Αγγλικά n.
     η κομπρέσα, ο επίδεσμος
     Αγγλικά vb.
     συμπιέζω

  compress
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or
  to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
     n.
     1 (senseid en folded_cloth) 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.
     2 A machine for compressing.

  compress
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or
  to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
     n.
     1 (senseid en folded_cloth) 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.
     2 A machine for compressing.

  compress
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or
  to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
     n.
     1 (senseid en folded_cloth) 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.
     2 A machine for compressing.

  compress
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or
  to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
     n.
     1 (senseid en folded_cloth) 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.
     2 A machine for compressing.

  compress
     Englanti n.
     kompressioside
     Englanti vb.
     1 tiivistää
     2 (yhteys tietotekniikka k=en) pakata tieto

  compress
     Engelska vb.
     komprimera, pressa ihop, trycka ihop

  Compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/
  الكمادة

  compress //ˈkɑmpɹɛs// //ˈkɒmpɹɛs// 
  компре́с
  cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds

  compress //kəmˈpɹɛs// 
  1. сбивам се, сгъстявам се
  to be pressed together
  2. сбивам
  to condense
  3. компримирам
  to encode digital information into less bits
  4. сбивам, сгъстявам
  to press together into a smaller space

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  stlačit

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  komprimovat

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  cywasgu 

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  dwyso 

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/
  Kompresse , Umschlag , Wickel  [med.]
        "hot-and-cold compress"  - Kalt-Warm-Kompresse, Kalt-Warm-Beutel
        "make sb. a compress"  - jdm. einen Wickel machen
     Synonyms: pack, packing
  
   see: compresses, packs, packings, chest compress, leg compress, cold compresses, hot compresses
  

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  komprimieren, verdichten, zusammenpressen 
   see: compressing, compressed, compresses, compressed
  

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  stauchen 
   see: compressing, compressed
  

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  zusammendrücken 
     Synonym: press
  
   see: compressing, pressing, compressed, pressed
  

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/
  
  συμπιέζω, πατικώνω

  compress //kəmˈpɹɛs// 
  1. kompressoitua, puristua, pusertua
  to be pressed together
  2. tiivistää
  to condense
  3. pakata, tiivistää
  to encode digital information into less bits
  4. kompressoida, puristaa, pusertaa
  to press together into a smaller space

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  1. दबाना
        "The straws were compressed into blocks for burning."
  2. संक्षेप~करना
        "He compressed his whole essay into just few sentences."

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/
  komprimirati, medicinski oblog, oblog, sabiti, stisnuti, zbiti

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/
  borogatás

  compress //ˈkɑmpɹɛs// //ˈkɒmpɹɛs// 
  湿布
  cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds

  compress //kəmˈpɹɛs// 
  1. 要約
  to condense
  2. 圧縮 2.
  to encode digital information into less bits
   3.
  to press together into a smaller space

  compress /kəmˈpres/ 
   1.  zaciskać, sprężać
   2.  ściskać, kondensować

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/ 
  comprimir, compactar

  compress //kəmˈpɹɛs// 
  packa, komprimera
  to press together into a smaller space

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/
  1. (tıb.) kompres
  2. pamuk v.b balyalarını sıkıştıran makina.

  compress /kəmpɹˈɛs/
  1. sıkmak, basmak, tazyik etmek. compressed air sıkıştırılmış hava. compressible  sıkıştırılabilir.

  
/ˈkɑmpɹɛs/, /kəmˈpɹɛs/

  138 Moby Thesaurus words for "compress":
     Ace bandage, Band-Aid, abbreviate, abridge, abstract,
     adhesive tape, application, band, bandage, bandaging, bear, binder,
     bob, boil down, brace, capsulize, cast, cataplasm, circumscribe,
     clamp, clip, coarct, compact, concentrate, condense, congest,
     consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, cotton,
     court plaster, cram, cramp, cravat, crop, crowd, crush, curtail,
     cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, damp, dampen,
     decrease, deduct, deflate, densen, densify, depreciate, depress,
     diminish, dock, downgrade, draw, draw in, draw together, dressing,
     elastic bandage, elide, ensphere, epithem, epitomize, foreshorten,
     four-tailed bandage, gauze, jam, knit, lessen, lint, lower, mow,
     narrow, nip, pare, pinch, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poll,
     pollard, poultice, press, prune, pucker, pucker up, purse, push,
     ram down, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, roll back,
     roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, scale down, shave, shear,
     shorten, shrink, simplify, sling, snub, solidify, splint, sponge,
     squab, squash, squeeze, squish, step down, strangle, strangulate,
     stunt, stupe, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take from, take in,
     tampon, tape, telescope, tent, tighten, tourniquet,
     triangular bandage, trim, truncate, tune down, tweak, wad up,
     wrinkle
  
  

  v. 压缩,压榨;

     vt. 压缩,压榨
     vi. 经压缩