Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - compress
Compress
compress
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)
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I. verb see: press Date: 14th century transitive verb to press or squeeze together, to reduce in size, quantity, or volume as if by squeezing , intransitive verb to undergo ~ion, see: contract II. noun Etymology: Middle French ~e, from ~er to ~, from Late Latin ~are Date: 1599 a folded cloth or pad applied so as to press upon a body part, a machine for ~ing ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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