compressing

Meaning of compressing

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.
    the skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

late Middle English: from Old French compresser or late Latin compressare, frequentative of Latin comprimere, from com- ‘together’ + premere ‘to press’; or directly from compress- ‘pressed together’, from the verb comprimere .

Information about compressing

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of compressing

com-press-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • compressing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

compressing synonyms

Meaning compression:

compression

Meaning make or become flat or flatter:

flatten

Meaning firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers:

squeeze

Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:

press

Meaning crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape:

squash

Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:

crush

Meaning force (people or things) into a place or container that is or appears to be too small to contain them:

cram

Meaning squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space:

jam

Meaning force or cram (something) tightly into a receptacle or space:

stuff

Meaning fix in position using a wedge:

wedge

Meaning pack (a blast hole) full of clay or sand to concentrate the force of the explosion:

tamp

Meaning fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel:

pack

Meaning compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass:

wad

Meaning exert force on (something) so that it becomes more dense; compress:

compact

Meaning make narrower, especially by encircling pressure:

constrict

Meaning crush or squeeze (something) into a compact mass:

scrunch

Meaning squash or crush:

squidge

Meaning compress or constrict; press together:

coarct

Meaning pressed close together; contracted; compressed:

coarctate

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