compress

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compress[1,verb] compress[2,noun]

Main Entry: ¹com·press
Pronunciation: k&m-'pres
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin compressare to press hard, frequentative of Latin comprimere to compress, from com- + premere to press -- more at PRESS
transitive verb
1 : to press or squeeze together
2 : to reduce in size, quantity, or volume as if by squeezing <compress a computer file>
intransitive verb : to undergo compression
synonym see CONTRACT