compressing
Meaning of compressing
- flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.
the skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag
late Middle English: from Old French compresser or late Latin compressare, frequentative of Latin comprimere, from com- ‘together’ + premere ‘to press’; or directly from compress- ‘pressed together’, from the verb comprimere .
Information about compressing
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of compressing
com-press-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- compressing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
compressing synonyms
Meaning compression:
Meaning make or become flat or flatter:
Meaning firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers:
Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:
Meaning crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape:
Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:
Meaning force (people or things) into a place or container that is or appears to be too small to contain them:
Meaning squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space:
Meaning force or cram (something) tightly into a receptacle or space:
Meaning fix in position using a wedge:
Meaning pack (a blast hole) full of clay or sand to concentrate the force of the explosion:
Meaning fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel:
Meaning compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass:
Meaning exert force on (something) so that it becomes more dense; compress:
Meaning make narrower, especially by encircling pressure:
Meaning crush or squeeze (something) into a compact mass:
Meaning squash or crush:
Meaning compress or constrict; press together:
Meaning pressed close together; contracted; compressed:
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