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English to English noun
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a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) |  | source: wordnet30
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A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part. | | source: webster1913 verb
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make more compact by or as if by pressing | | Example: compress the data
source: wordnet30
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squeeze or press together | | Example: she compressed her lips
the spasm contracted the muscle
source: wordnet30
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To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. | | source: webster1913
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