compresses

compress
—vb
1.	(tr) to squeeze together or compact into less space; condense
2.	computing to apply a compression program to (electronic data) so that it takes up less space
—n
3.	a wet or dry cloth or gauze pad with or without medication, applied firmly to some part of the body to relieve discomfort, reduce fever, drain a wound, etc
4.	a machine for packing material, esp cotton, under pressure
[C14: from Late Latin compressāre, from Latin comprimere, from premere to press]
com'pressible
—adj
com'pressibleness
—n
com'pressibly
—adv

compress

compress com·press (kŏm'prěs')
n.
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. v. com·pressed, com·press·ing, com·press·es (kəm-prěs')
To press or squeeze together.

compress

[Unix] vt. When used without a qualifier, generally refers to crunching of a file using a particular C implementation of compression by Joseph M. Orost et al. and widely circulated via Usenet; use of crunch itself in this sense is rare among Unix hackers. Specifically, compress is built around the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm as described in "A Technique for High Performance Data Compression", Terry A. Welch, "IEEE Computer", vol. 17, no. 6 (June 1984), pp. 8-19.