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(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
(transitive) To abridge.
(technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
(obsolete) To embrace sexually.

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.
A machine for compressing

The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
events of centuries [...] compressed within the compass of a single life
The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel
This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.
If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.
He held a cold compress over the sprain.

Partisiipin perfekti	compressed	Imperfekti	compressed
Partisiipin preesens	compressing	Monikko	compresses
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	compresses	Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	compresseth (vanhahtava)

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