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| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate, blue pencil, put in nutshell |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bandage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering for wound |
| Synonyms: | cast, compress, dressing, plaster, gauze |
| 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: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, précis, precipitate, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, thicken, trim, blue pencil, boil down, decoct, densen, press together, put in a nutshell, summate, synopsize, telescope |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | constrict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inhibit |
| Synonyms: | choke, circumscribe, clench, compress, concentrate, condense, confine, contract, cramp, curb, limit, narrow, pinch, restrain, restrict, shrink, squeeze, strangle, tense, tighten, tuck, astringe, constringe, draw together, strangulate, tauten |
| Antonyms: | expand, free, loosen, open, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | flatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | level out |
| Synonyms: | abrade, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, lay, plane, plaster*, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, squash, straighten, subdue, trample, beat down, even out, knock down, lay low, mow down, spread out |
| Antonyms: | break, elevate, raise, round, make uneven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pucker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw together; wrinkle |
| Synonyms: | cockle, compress, condense, contract, crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, furrow, gather, knit, purse, ruffle, screw up, squeeze, tighten, ruck up, ruckle |
| Antonyms: | open, smooth |
| Main Entry: | scrunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crumple |
| Synonyms: | compress, crunch, rumple, squash, squeeze, crumple up |
| Main Entry: | shorten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, decrease |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, bob, chop, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, minimize, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, snip, trim, blue pencil, boil down*, cut to the bone, make a long story short, put in a nutshell |
| Antonyms: | amplify, elongate, enlarge, grow, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load with |
| Synonyms: | choke up, compress, cram, crowd, fill, force, glut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, jam, pack, pad, push, ram, sate, satiate, shove, squeeze, stow, wad, wedge, clog up, congest, fill to overflowing, fill to the brim, jam-pack, overfill, overindulge, overstuff |
| Antonyms: | unload, unstuff |
| Main Entry: | tighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | constrict |
| Synonyms: | bind, clench, close, compress, condense, congeal, contract, cramp, crush, fasten, fix, grip, harden, narrow, pinch, pressure, screw, secure, squeeze, stiffen, strain, strangle, stretch, tense, toughen, rigidify, tauten |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, loosen, relax, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | wring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist, contort |
| Synonyms: | choke, coerce, compress, draw out, exact, extort, extract, force, gouge, hurt, pain, pinch, pry, push, screw, squeeze, strain, strangle, throttle, turn, wrench, wrest, shake down |
| Antonyms: | untwist |
| Main Entry: | wrinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crinkle, fold |
| Synonyms: | compress, crease, crimp, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, pucker, purse, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist, corrugate, prune up, rimple, ruck |
| Antonyms: | smooth, straighten, unfold |
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, pare, prune, reduce, summarize, trim, boil down*, get to the meat, put in a nutshell, take out |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
| Synonyms: | abate, abbreviate, abridge, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall off, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle, become smaller, draw in, fall away, grow less, syncopate |
| Antonyms: | amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | nip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite; take small part |
| Synonyms: | catch, clip, compress, grip, munch, nibble, pinch, snag, snap*, snip*, squeeze*, tweak, twinge, twitch, nab at, sink teeth into, take a chunk out of |
| Antonyms: | gorge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press tightly |
| Synonyms: | chafe, compress, confine, cramp, crush, grasp, hurt, nip, pain, squeeze, tweak, twinge, wrench, wrest, wring |
| Main Entry: | press |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push on with force |
| Synonyms: | bear down, bulldoze*, clasp, compress, condense, constrain, crowd, crush, depress, embrace, enfold, express, finish, flatten, hold, hug, impel, iron, jam, level, mangle, mash, mass, move, pack, pile, ram, reduce, scrunch, shove, smooth, squash, squeeze, squish, steam, stuff, thrust, weigh, bear heavily, cumber, force down, pin down, unwrinkle |
| Antonyms: | pull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become smaller |
| Synonyms: | compress, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, decrease, deflate, diminish, drop off, dwindle, fail, fall off, lessen, narrow, reduce, shorten, shrivel, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle, fall short, grow smaller, waste away |
| Antonyms: | develop, enlarge, expand, grow, stretch |
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