compress

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. reduce, digest, abridge, consolidate, condense; crowd, squeeze, contract. See density, contraction. — n. pad, dressing. See remedy.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. condense, compact, press together, consolidate, concentrate, squeeze, squeeze together, tighten, cramp, contract, crowd, force into a smaller space, constrict, abbreviate, shrivel, make brief, reduce, dehydrate, pack, shorten, shrink, narrow, abridge, restrict in area, make terse, bind tightly, wrap closely, coagulate, abstract, summarize, epitomize, wedge, press, boil down, ram*, stuff*, cram*; see also concentrate 1 , decrease 2 , press 1 , tighten 1 .

Ant. spread*, stretch, expand.

See Synonym Study at contract .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

compact, pack, condense, press, contract, constrict, squeeze, shrink, wring, squash, shorten, reduce.

ANT.: expand, stretch, enlarge

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To subject to compression: compact1, constrict, constringe, squeeze. See TIGHTEN. 2. To reduce in size, as by drawing together: compact1, constrict, constringe, contract, shrink. See INCREASE.