To increase; to make larger or supplement.
To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
To grow; to increase; to become greater.
To add an augment to.
To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
An increase.
To condense into a more economic, easier format.
To abridge.
To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
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.
A machine for compressing.