| 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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