| VERB | contact | decompress, uncompress | restore to its uncompressed form |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | decompress, depressurize, depressurise | decrease the pressure of | |
| body | decompress, relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, slow down | become less tense, rest, or take one's ease |
| Meaning | restore to its uncompressed form. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "decompress data" | |
| Synonym | uncompress | |
| Broader | restore, reconstruct | Return to its original or usable and functioning condition |
| Opposite | compress, compact, pack together | make more compact by or as if by pressing |
| Nouns | decompression | restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display |
| Meaning | decrease the pressure of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | depressurize, depressurise | |
| Narrower | puncture | Cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing |
| Broader | adjust, set, correct | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
| Opposite | pressurize, pressurise | increase the pressure in or of |
| Spanish | descomprimir | |
| Catalan | descomprimir | |
| Nouns | decompression, decompressing | relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) |
| Meaning | Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue decompress | |
| Synonyms | relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, slow down | |
| Caused by | relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed | Cause to feel relaxed |
| Narrower | sit back, take it easy | Settle into a comfortable sitting position |
| vege out, vegetate | Engage in passive relaxation | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Opposite | tense, tense up | Become tense, nervous, or uneasy |
| Spanish | mitigar, relajar | |
| Catalan | relaxar | |
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