compress

v

1. condense, concentrate, consolidate, compact; press or force together, constrict, con-stringe, astringe, squeeze, pinch, crowd, crush, pack, cram, ram, tighten, stuff, wedge, cramp, Obs. constipate, bind, coarctate, wrap up, truss up; shorten, reduce, retrench, contract, curtail, cut down, cut back, cut off, cut short, decrease, diminish, subtract, subduct, narrow, bridge; abbreviate, abridge, abstract summarize, digest, epitomize, brief, synopsize; shrink, shrivel, wither, slim down, slenderize; restrict, straiten, constrain, astrict, confine, bound, limit, demarcate.

2. thicken, solidify, crystallize, harden, cake, set. gell, clot, coagulate, congeal, curdle, curd, Obs. incrassate; evaporate, dehydrate, desiccate, dissipate deliquesce, boil down; parch, dry up, inspissate.