To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
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 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 squeeze between two objects.
Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
To arrest or capture.
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
To steal, usually something inconsequential.
To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
To seize; to grip; to bite.
A close compression of anything with the fingers.
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
An organic herbal smoke additive.
A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
An arrest.
A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.