Compress

·vt To embrace sexually.

II. Compress ·noun A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, ·etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

III. Compress ·vt To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to Compact; to Condense; as, to compress air or water.