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Showing words for COMPRESS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Compress

compress

7 Letter Words for Compress

compers, corpses, process

6 Letter Words for Compress

cessor, comers, comper, copers, copses, corpse, corses, cromes, crosse, eproms, merops, messor, mopers, morses, mosser, osperm, posers, posser, proems, proses, scopes, scores, scorse, sercom, smores, somers, sperms, spores, sprose

5 Letter Words for Compress

ceros, comer, comes, comps, coper, copes, copse, cores, corms, corps, corse, coses, cosse, cress, crome, crops, crose, cross, eprom, epsom, mercs, merop, meros, moper, mopes, mores, morse, moses, omers, pecos, perms, pesos, poems, pomes, pores, poser, poses, posse, press, proem, proms, prose, pross, remop, repos, romps, ropes, roses, scope, scops, score, secos, sermo, smore, sores, specs, speos, sperm, spore

4 Letter Words for Compress

ceps, cero, cess, coes, come, comp, comr, coms, cope, copr, cops, core, corm, corp, cors, cose, coss, cres, crop, crpe, csmp, emos, epos, eros, esop, merc, mero, meso, mess, mocs, moes, mope, mops, more, mors, mose, moss, msec, omer, opec, opes, orcs, ores, oses, osse, pecs, perm, pers, peso, pess, poem, pome, poms, porc, pore, pose, poss, prec, prem, pres, proc, prom, pros, psec, recs, rems, repo, reps, resp, rocs, roes, rome, romp, roms, rope, rose, ross, scop, seco, secs, seor, seps, sero, sers, soce, socs, some, soms, sope, sops, sore, spec, spor

3 Letter Words for Compress

ceo, cep, cer, com, cop, cor, cos, cpm, cpo, cpr, cps, cro, crs, csp, ecm, eco, emo, emp, ems, eom, eos, ers, esc, esm, esp, esr, ess, mer, mes, moc, moe, mop, mor, mos, mrs, mss, oer, oes, oms, ope, ops, orc, ore, ors, ose, pcm, pec, per, pes, pms, pom, por, pos, prc, pre, pro, prs, rec, rem, rep, res, rms, roc, roe, rom, ros, rpm, rps, scr, sec, sem, sep, ser, soc, som, sop, sps, sse, ssp

Definitions for Compress

[1] to press together; force into less space.
[2] to cause to become a solid mass: to compress cotton into bales.
[3] to condense, shorten, or abbreviate: The book was compressed by 50 pages.
[4] Computers . to reduce the storage space required for (data) by changing its format: The algorithm should compress the video file without losing any quality.
[5] Medicine/Medical . a soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
[6] an apparatus for compressing cotton bales.
[7] a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment.
[8] (tr) to squeeze together or compact into less space; condense
[9] computing to apply a compression program to (electronic data) so that it takes up less space
[10] a wet or dry cloth or gauze pad with or without medication, applied firmly to some part of the body to relieve discomfort, reduce fever, drain a wound, etc
[11] a machine for packing material, esp cotton, under pressure

Words related to Compress

abbreviate, shorten, restrict, wrap, cram, constrict, squeeze, shrink, consolidate, wedge, cramp, crowd, abridge, abstract, ram, reduce, decrease, summarize, crush, shrivel

Words nearby Compress

comprehend, comprehensible, comprehension, comprehensive, comprehensive school, compress, compressed, compressed air, compressed speech, compressibility, compression

Origin of Compress

1350–1400; (v.) Middle English (< Middle French compresser ) < Late Latin compressāre, frequentative of Latin comprimere to squeeze together (see com-, press1); (noun) < Middle French compresse, noun derivative of the v.

Other words from Compress

com·press·i·ble , adjective
com·press·i·bly , adverb
com·press·ing·ly , adverb
non·com·pres·si·ble , adjective
o·ver·com·press , verb (used with object)
pre·com·press , verb (used with object)
un·com·press·i·ble , adjective

Word origin for Compress

C14: from Late Latin compressāre, from Latin comprimere, from premere to press

Synonyms for Compress

abbreviate, constrict, cram, restrict, shorten, shrink, squeeze, wrap, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, contract, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, shrivel, squash, stuff, summarize, syncopate, telescope, tighten, wedge, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together