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Compress
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(compressed) 1. When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space. Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body’s organs... Air will compress but the brake fluid won’t. VERB: V n, V • compression The compression of the wood is easily achieved. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you compress something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter. All those three books are compacted and compressed into one book. = condense VERB: V n 3. If an event is compressed into a short space of time, it is given less time to happen than normal or previously. The four debates will be compressed into an unprecedentedly short eight-day period... Some courses such as engineering had to be compressed. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed into n, be V-ed 4. A compress is a pad of wet or dry cloth pressed on part of a patient’s body to reduce fever. Sore throats may be relieved by cold compresses. N-COUNT
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ~are to press hard, frequentative of Latin comprimere to ~, from com- + premere to press — more at press Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to press or squeeze together 2. to reduce in size, quantity, or volume as if by squeezing ~ a computer file intransitive verb to undergo ~ion Synonyms: see contract II. noun Etymology: Middle French ~e, from ~er to ~, from Late Latin ~are Date: 1599 1. a folded cloth or pad applied so as to press upon a body part 2. a machine for ~ing ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 squeeze together. 2 bring into a smaller space or shorter extent. --n. a pad of lint etc. pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation, stop bleeding, etc. Phrases and idioms compressed air air at more than atmospheric pressure. Derivatives compressible adj. compressibility n. compressive adj. Etymology: ME f. OF compresser or LL compressare frequent. of L comprimere compress- (as COM-, premere press) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) сдавливать 2) сжимать 3) сплющивать; прессовать to compress wood — уплотнять древесину to compress scale — сжимать шкалу to compress clip — обжимать хомутик to compress black — прессовать сажу ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. мед. компресс; мягкая давящая повязка 2. сжимать, сдавливать to compress an artery —- мед. прижать артерию cotton is compressed into bales —- хлопок прессуется в кипы you can compress the story into a few short sentences —- вы можете ужать изложение происшедшего до нескольких коротких фраз ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) компресс 2) surg. мягкая, давящая повязка 2. v. сжимать; сдавливать (into) This machine can compress the paper into thick cardboard. It is going to be very difficult to compress this mass of material into a book of ordinary length. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 if you compress something it is pressed so that it takes up less space (compress sth into) (The machine compresses old cars into blocks of scrap metal. | compressed air/gas etc) (Compressed gas was escaping through a hole in the cylinder.) 2 to write or express something using fewer words (Try to compress and simplify your notes so that they are easier to learn.) 3 T usually passive to reduce the amount of time that it takes for something to happen or be done (compress sth into) (What would normally have been a three-year training course had to be compressed into eighteen months) - compressible adj - compression n ~2 n a small thick piece of material that you put on part of someone's body to stop blood flowing out or to make it less painful (cold/hot compress) (Apply a cold compress to the injured part of the limb.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1380, from O.Fr. compresser, from L. compressare "to press together," frequentive of comprimere "to squeeze," from com- "together" + premere "to press." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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