1. Make more compact by or as if by pressing
   "compress the data";
   - compact, pack together
    
2. Bring together or compress
   "she compressed her lips";
   - constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press

1. A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
   "She applied a cold compress to reduce the swelling"

Derived forms: compressed, compresses, compressing

Type of: dressing, force, medical dressing, sardine [informal], squash, squeeze, tighten, wedge

Encyclopedia: Compress