VERB | contact | pack together, compress, compact | make more compact by or as if by pressing |
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Meaning | make more compact by or as if by pressing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | compress, compact | |
Entails | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
Narrower | tamp down, tamp, pack | press down tightly |
Broader | wedge, squeeze, force | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
Opposite | decompress, uncompress | restore to its uncompressed form |
Spanish | compactar, comprimir | |
Catalan | comprimir, condensar |
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