āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to compress
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āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to reduce the volume or size of something by applying pressure, squeezing, or condensing it
Transitive: to compress sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
To create a denser structure, the builder had to compress the layers of insulation.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻž
to press two things together or be pressed together to become smaller
Transitive: to compress two things
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The worker compressed the metal plates together using clamps.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ§āĻžāĻ¤āĻŦ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She managed to compress her lengthy presentation into a five-minute summary.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Compress
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āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¸, āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŋ
a soft pad applied with pressure for different healing purposes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The nurse applied a warm compress to ease the tension in my neck.
āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
compressed
compressing
compression
compress
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
