Meaning

• To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

  "The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement."

• To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

  "Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel"

• To condense into a more economic, easier format.

  "This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram."

• To abridge.

  "If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information."

• To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

• To embrace sexually.