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 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.
To climb.
To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority