A muscle that compresses certain parts.
An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
A program or algorithm for compressing data.
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Strife, contention, great effort.
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.