compress

1. (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.Examples: "The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement."; "events of centuries […] compressed within the compass of a single life"; "The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues."Synonyms: compact, condense, pack, press, squash, squeezeAntonyms: expand

2. (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.Examples: "Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel"Synonyms: contractAntonyms: decontract

3. (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.Examples: "This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram."

4. (transitive) To abridge.Examples: "If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information."Synonyms: abridge, condense, shorten, truncate, abbreviate, abridge, chop down, chop offAntonyms: expand, lengthen

5. (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.Examples: "The command-line tool gzip allows you to compress files in a few different ways. First, gzip can compress results from standard input."Antonyms: uncompress

6. (obsolete) To embrace sexually.Examples: "This nymph compreſs'd by him vvho rules the day, / VVhom Delphi and the Delian iſle obey, / Andræmon lov'd; and, bleſs'd in all thoſe charms / That pleas'd a God, ſucceeded to her arms."