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14 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• compress v. (Transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
• compress v. (Intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
• compress v. (Transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
• compress v. (Transitive) To abridge.
• compress v. (Technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
• compress v. (Obsolete) To embrace sexually.
• compress n. A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient’s skin, cover the…
• compress n. A machine for compressing.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• compress w. Comprimeren, samenpersen.

— English words, defined in French —

• compress n. (Médecine) Compresse.
• compress v. Comprimer.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• compress s. (Medicina) (farmacologia) compressa.

— In Portuguese —

• compress- ante. Achatado.
• compress- ante. Comprimido.

47 English words from 8 English definitions

abridge apply bits cloth compressing compression condense cover digital easier economic embrace encoding etc fewer folded for format ice information into Intransitive machine make more multiply Obsolete occupy patient piece pouch press pressed sexually skin smaller something space squeeze Technology the together transitive used used␣to using volume

10 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Achatado compressa Compresse Comprimer Comprimeren Comprimido farmacologia Médecine Medicina samenpersen

50 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

compressed compresses compressor compressest compresseth compressing compression compressive compressors compressure compressable compressedly compressible compressibly compressions compressoria compressures compressed␣air compressingly compressional compressively compressorium compression␣set compressorless compressed␣yeast compressibility compressionless compression␣pump compression␣sets compression␣sock compression␣wave compression␣wood compressiveness compressed␣yeasts compressibleness compression␣pumps compression␣ratio compression␣socks compression␣waves compressed-air␣bath compressed␣sensing compressibilities compression␣ratios compression␣shorts compressed-air␣baths compression␣release compression␣fracture compressive␣strength compression␣fractures compressive␣strengths

74 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

decompressed decompresses decompressor obcompressed recompressed recompresses uncompressed uncompresses air␣compressor bit-compressed decompressing decompression decompressive decompressors noncompressed precompressed precompresses recompressing recompression subcompressed uncompressing uncompression age␣compression air␣compressors decompressions incompressable incompressible noncompression noncompressive overcompressed overcompresses precompressing precompression recompressions uncompressable uncompressible uncompressions data␣compression microcompressor noncompressible overcompressing overcompression precompressions supercompressed supercompresses supercompressor turbocompressor vasocompression microcompression microcompressors +24 words

6 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

decompress recompress uncompress precompress overcompress supercompress

27 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

com COM .com com- com. Com. comp Comp comp. Comp. ess ESS -ess Ess. MPR pre pre- pres Pres pres. Pres. press Press res RES Res. -ress

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ERP moc MOC PMO rpm RPM ser SER ser. SERP SSE

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

capsomers compasser composers comprises mesocarps promusces

9 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

compers corpses Cospers Crespos Pescors process scopers Scropes Spomers

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

compregs comprest

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