| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, boil down, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, densen, densify, epitomize, force into space, make brief, narrow, pack, press, press together, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, syncopate, telescope, tighten, wedge, wrap |
Antonyms: |
blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
Synonyms: |
abridge, abstract, boil down, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, get to the meat, pare, prune, put in a nutshell, reduce, summarize, take out, trim |
Antonyms: |
amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, truncate |
Antonyms: |
add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | bandage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering for wound |
Synonyms: |
cast, compress, dressing, gauze, plaster |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make condensed |
Synonyms: |
combine, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, contract, cram, integrate, pack, set, solidify, stuff, unify, unite |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
Antonyms: |
enlarge, loosen, slacken, thin, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, collect |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, bunch, center, centralize, cluster, coalesce, collect, combine, compact, compress, congest, conglomerate, congregate, consolidate, constrict, contract, converge, cramp, crowd, draw together, eliminate, embody, focalize, focus, forgather, garner, get to the meat, heap, heap up, hoard, huddle, integrate, intensify, localize, mass, muster, narrow, pile, reduce, salt away, store, strengthen, swarm, unify, zero in |
Antonyms: |
disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, blue pencil, boil down, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, decoct, densen, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, precipitate, press together, précis, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, summate, synopsize, telescope, thicken, trim |
Antonyms: |
enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | constrict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inhibit |
Synonyms: |
astringe, choke, circumscribe, clench, compress, concentrate, condense, confine, constringe, contract, cramp, curb, draw together, limit, narrow, pinch, restrain, restrict, shrink, squeeze, strangle, strangulate, tauten, tense, tighten, tuck |
Antonyms: |
expand, free, let go, loosen, open, release |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
Synonyms: |
abate, abbreviate, abridge, become smaller, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, draw in, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall away, fall off, grow less, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, syncopate, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shorter; abridge |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abstract, boil down, classify, codify, compress, condense, cut, cut down, cut to bone, decrease, epitomize, get to the meat, inventory, methodize, nutshell, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, survey, synopsize, systematize, tabulate, trim |
Antonyms: |
detail, enlarge, expand, lengthen |