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

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.

present participle of compress

An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.

able to be compressed

The degree to which something is compressible. / (thermodynamics) The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature.

Alternative form of compressible

The quality of being compressible.

Air which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes.

A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.