compress vs spray

compress

noun
  • A machine for compressing. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

spray

noun
  • A pressurized container; an atomizer. 

  • Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner. 

  • A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure. 

  • A small branch of flowers or berries. 

  • A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold. 

  • A collective body of small branches. 

  • The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit. 

  • A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid. 

  • Something resembling a spray of liquid. 

  • A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. 

  • Branches and twigs collectively; foliage. 

  • A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer. 

  • An ornament or design that resembles a branch. 

verb
  • To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance. 

  • To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something. 

  • To project many small items dispersively. 

  • To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit. 

  • To urinate in order to mark territory. 

  • To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction. 

  • To give unwanted advice. 

  • To project in a dispersive manner. 

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