FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A machine for compressing

v (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

v (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

v (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

v (transitive) To abridge.

v (technology) (transitive) To make digital information smaller by encode | encoding it using fewer bits.

n 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.