English > compress: 3 senses > verb 2, contact| Meaning | squeeze or press together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Example | "she compressed her lips" |
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| Synonyms | constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press |
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| Entailed by | strangle, strangulate, throttle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air |
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| wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing |
| Narrower | astringe | constrict or bind or draw together |
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| bear down, overbear | contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery |
| choke, strangle | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing |
| choke, gag, fret | Be too tight |
| choke, scrag | Wring the neck of |
| convulse | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm |
| convulse | Cause to contract |
| prim | contract one's lips |
| strangulate | constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air |
| Broader | tighten | Become tight / tight / tight / tight / tight or tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter |
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| Spanish | apretar, comprimir |
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| Catalan | atapeir, compactar, comprimir, estretir, prémer, premsar |
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| Adjectives | compressible | capable of being compressed or made more compact |
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| compressible | capable of being easily compressed |
| Nouns | compression, compressing | applying pressure |
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| compression | the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together |
| compressor | a mechanical device that compresses gasses |
