Vocabulary Word
Word: compress
Definition: force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.
Definition: force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.
Sentences Containing 'compress'
We compress the earth into bricks, so as to remove them without revealing what they are.
More Vocab Words
::: ornate - excessively or elaborately decorated::: earthly - of this earth; terrestrial; worldly; not divine; possible; Ex. no earthly reason
::: insalubrious - unwholesome; not healthful; Ex. insalubrious place
::: verity - quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities
::: exonerate - acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt
::: obsessive - related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively
::: tacit - understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement
::: titillate - tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it
::: incapacitate - disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity
::: insensate - without feeling; lacking sense; foolish
