Compressed vs. Compress

Pressed together or into less volume or space.

compress is a Unix shell compression program based on the LZW compression algorithm. Compared to more modern compression utilities such as gzip and bzip2, compress performs faster and with less memory usage, at the cost of a significantly lower compression ratio.

(Biology) Flattened, especially laterally or lengthwise, as certain leafstalks or the bodies of many fishes.

To press together

Pressed tightly together.

To make more compact by or as if by pressing.

Flattened, especially when along its entire length.

(Computers) To encode (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmittal

simple past tense and past participle of compress

(Medicine) A soft pad of gauze or other material applied with pressure to a part of the body to control hemorrhage or to supply heat, cold, moisture, or medication to alleviate pain or reduce infection.

Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

A machine for compressing material.

Flattened lengthwise.

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

pressed tightly together;

(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

reduced in volume by pressure;

(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

(transitive) To abridge.

To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

(obsolete) To embrace sexually.

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.

A machine for compressing.

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.

To embrace sexually.

to reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use.

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.

a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

make more compact by or as if by pressing;

squeeze or press together;