compress

«compress» in Mova's school dictionary: to press or squeeze it so it takes up less space — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (compress, compresses, compressed, compressing); noun (a compress, compresses)

meaning for a pupil

1) To compress something is to press or squeeze it so it takes up less space. tree →

2) (computing) To compress a file is to make it smaller so it is quicker to send or store. tree →

3) To compress words or time is to make them shorter: «compress the story into one page». tree →

4) A compress is a pad of cloth, often cold or warm and wet, pressed on the body to ease pain or swelling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, gases can be compressed (air in a bike tyre or a spray can); springs compress when pushed. In first aid, a cold compress helps a bump or sprain. In computing, files are compressed into zip files. Phrases: «compressed air», «cold compress», «compress a file».

examples

• When you squash a sponge, you compress it. tree →
• The air in a bicycle pump is compressed. tree →
• Dad compressed the photos so he could email them. tree →
• Put a cold compress on the bruise. tree →
• The spring compresses when you press it and springs back. tree →
• Gases can be compressed much more than liquids. tree →
• We had to compress our story into 100 words. tree →

note

Stress differs: verb com-PRESS, noun COM-press. Noun of the action: «compression». In science: gases compress easily; liquids and solids hardly at all.

In the corpora

• She was fine after a cold compress, but Tom was sent to the head and his mates went very quiet.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «compress» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.