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 tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.
To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted.
To cause to undergo the process of fatigue.
To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it.
To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.
A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
A menial task or tasks, especially in the military.