| verb | make more compact by or as if by pressing “compress the data” |
| verb | squeeze or press together “she compressed her lips” |
| adjective | pressed tightly together “with lips compressed” |
| adjective | reduced in volume by pressure “compressed air” |
| adjective | flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) |
| compression | noun | encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required |
| compressing | noun | applying pressure |
| compaction | noun | the act of crushing |
| compressible | adjective | capable of being easily compressed |
| compressor | noun | a mechanical device that compresses gasses |
| constriction | noun | the action or process of compressing |
| constrictor | noun | any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils |
| contraction | noun | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
| contracture | noun | an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle |
| contractor | noun | a bodily organ that contracts |
| press | noun | the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure |
| pressing | noun | the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure |
| flatness | noun | the property of having two dimensions |