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.
To condense into a more economic, easier format.
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.
To pull up before a jump.
To extend (one's neck).
To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.