compress
A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's…A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
» He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
Meaning
2 sensesA multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
He held a cold compress over the sprain.
Kompresse
компре́ссkompréss
A machine for compressing.
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
Examples
27 sentencesHe can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
Send it to me as a compressed file.
ruОтправь мне это в виде сжатого файла. — corvard
deBitte schicken Sie es als komprimierte Datei. — xtofu80
The gas was compressed into a gas cylinder.
ruГаз был сжат в газовом баллоне. — Balamax
deDas Gas wurde komprimiert und in eine Gasflasche gefüllt. — xtofu80
If something was compressed, then something else expanded.
Apply a cold compress to the affected area.
ruПриложите к поражённому участку холодный компресс. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressareFrom Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + premō (“press”).
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Forms
plural: compresses| Singular | compress |
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