compress

1. (transitive)To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

   The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.

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   сжима́тьsžimátʹ, сжатьsžatʹ, сда́вливатьsdávlivatʹ

   squeeze or press together

2. (intransitive)To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

   Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel

   сжима́тьсяsžimátʹsja, сжа́тьсяsžátʹsja

3. (transitive)To condense into a more economic, easier format.

   This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.

4. (transitive)To abridge.

   If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.

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   уплотня́тьuplotnjátʹ, уплотни́тьuplotnítʹ

5. (transitive)To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

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6. (transitive)To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.

7. (obsolete)To embrace sexually.

1. He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

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2. Send it to me as a compressed file.

   ruОтправь мне это в виде сжатого файла.

   deBitte schicken Sie es als komprimierte Datei.

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3. The gas was compressed into a gas cylinder.

   ruГаз был сжат в газовом баллоне.

   deDas Gas wurde komprimiert und in eine Gasflasche gefüllt.

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4. If something was compressed, then something else expanded.

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5. Apply a cold compress to the affected area.

   ruПриложите к поражённому участку холодный компресс.

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