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verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
- (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
- (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
- (politics, by extension) To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
- burst inward
verb
- (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
- (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
- make a crushing noise
noun
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- (slang) A shortage.
- A critical moment or event.
- (music) Moderate distortion.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- (chiefly US) The symbol #.
- the act of crushing
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- the sound of something crunching
adj
- (computing) Of an algorithm for converting or compressing data, reducing the amount of information in data.
- (electricity) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
- (telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
- characterized by or causing dissipation of energy
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
- (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- (transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
- (intransitive) To become deflated.
- (slang) To belch or flatulate
- (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
- become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- produce deflation in
- reduce or lessen the size or importance of
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
- release contained air or gas from
name
- Data Compression Conference.
- Initialism of Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse.
- Design Computing and Cognition.
- Debian Cluster Components.
- Initialism of Doppelmayr Cable Car.
- Digital Content Creation.
- Direct Client-to-Client.
- Data Concentrator Card.
- Designing Correct Circuits.
- Data and Computer Communications.
- Digital Command Control.
- Digital Curation Centre.
- Digital Compact Cassette.
- Data Communications Committee.
noun
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.
- Initialism of direct cable connection.
- (psychotherapy) Initialism of direct client contact.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of deputy chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (algebra) Initialism of descending chain condition.
noun
- (computing) A lossless data compression algorithm that iteratively replaces the most frequent pair of adjacent bytes in a sequence with a new byte not already present in the data.
- (natural language processing) A subword tokenization method that iteratively merges the most frequent pairs of adjacent characters in a corpus to form longer and more meaningful tokens, typically until a predefined vocabulary size is reached.
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- press down tightly
- compress into a wad
- press tightly together or cram
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
noun
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
name
noun
noun
- (computing) The ratio of the size of compressed data to the size of the original uncompressed data.
- (automotive) The ratio of the volume between the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and the piston before and after the compression stroke.
- for a gas compressor, the discharge pressure divided by the suction pressure.
verb
- (computing, transitive) To decompress (data).
- (intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
- (transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
- (linguistics, intransitive, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
- (figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
- remove from its packing
noun
- (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
- (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
- an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- a mechanical device that compresses gasses
noun
name
noun
- (computing) A compression technology for Linux files stored on a read-only block device that allows files to be decompressed on the fly.
- The sound made by the movement of liquid into a hollow space.
- The sound made by a horse's hoof hitting a hard surface.
- A slightly hollow, percussive sound.
- (informal) A small, seedy bar or nightclub; a dive.
- The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
verb
noun
- (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
- encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
- An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
- (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
- (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- an increase in the density of something
- applying pressure
verb
- (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
- (figurative, transitive) To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
- (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- (figurative) To swell; to puff up.
- (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
- become inflated
- cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
- increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
- fill with gas or air
- exaggerate or make bigger
noun
name
- (US) Initialism of Impoundment Control Act.
- (video games) Initialism of International Contract Agency.
- (Singapore) Initialism of Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
- (computing, business) Initialism of Innovative Communications Alliance, an alliance formed by Microsoft and Nortel to develop unified communications products.
- Initialism of International Cooperative Alliance.
- (historical) Initialism of Irish Citizen Army.
name
noun
- (meteorology) Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy.
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme.
- (psychology) Initialism of adverse childhood experience.
- (computing) Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding.
- (military, NATO) Initialism of air combat element.
- (computing) Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
- (computing) Initialism of access control entry.
- (military, USMC) Initialism of aviation combat element.
- (film) A member of American Cinema Editors
- Initialism of analysis and control element.
- a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
- proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
noun
- (signal processing) Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- (countable, photography) A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it.
- (countable, art) A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it.
- (countable) Something transparent.
- (uncountable) The quality of being transparent.
- (uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
- permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- the quality of being clear and transparent
verb
- (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- make more compact by or as if by pressing
- squeeze or press together
noun
- A machine for compressing.
- (medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
verb
name
noun
noun
- restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display
- relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
- A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine's compression ratio, making it easier to start but significantly increasing fuel consumption.
- The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).
- (medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery.
- The process of decompressing.
noun
- (computing) The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.
- Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
- Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear.
- A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
- The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white people.
- The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.
- (sports, slang) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
- an arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
- (ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
- (transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
- (ambitransitive) To write too much.
- write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
adj
noun
- (computing) A lossless data compression algorithm that iteratively replaces the most frequent pair of adjacent bytes in a sequence with a new byte not already present in the data.
- (natural language processing) A subword tokenization method that iteratively merges the most frequent pairs of adjacent characters in a corpus to form longer and more meaningful tokens, typically until a predefined vocabulary size is reached.
noun
- (computing) The ratio of the size of compressed data to the size of the original uncompressed data.
- (automotive) The ratio of the volume between the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and the piston before and after the compression stroke.
- for a gas compressor, the discharge pressure divided by the suction pressure.
noun
- (computing) A program or algorithm for compressing data.
- (anatomy) A muscle that compresses certain parts.
- (audio, sound engineering) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
- A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
- An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
- A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
- an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- a mechanical device that compresses gasses
noun
name
noun
- (computing) A compression technology for Linux files stored on a read-only block device that allows files to be decompressed on the fly.
- The sound made by the movement of liquid into a hollow space.
- The sound made by a horse's hoof hitting a hard surface.
- A slightly hollow, percussive sound.
- (informal) A small, seedy bar or nightclub; a dive.
- The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
verb
noun
- (computing) The process by which data is compressed.
- encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
- (astronomy) The deviation of a heavenly body from a spherical form.
- An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
- (music) The electronic process by which any sound's gain is automatically controlled.
- (automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- an increase in the density of something
- applying pressure
noun
name
- (US) Initialism of Impoundment Control Act.
- (video games) Initialism of International Contract Agency.
- (Singapore) Initialism of Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
- (computing, business) Initialism of Innovative Communications Alliance, an alliance formed by Microsoft and Nortel to develop unified communications products.
- Initialism of International Cooperative Alliance.
- (historical) Initialism of Irish Citizen Army.
noun
- (signal processing) Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- (countable, photography) A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it.
- (countable, art) A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it.
- (countable) Something transparent.
- (uncountable) The quality of being transparent.
- (uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
- permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- the quality of being clear and transparent
noun
- restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display
- relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
- A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine's compression ratio, making it easier to start but significantly increasing fuel consumption.
- The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).
- (medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery.
- The process of decompressing.
noun
- (computing) The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.
- Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
- Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear.
- A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
- The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white people.
- The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.
- (sports, slang) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
- an arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
- (ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
- (transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
- (ambitransitive) To write too much.
- write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
- (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
- (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
- (politics, by extension) To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
- burst inward
verb
- (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
- (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
- make a crushing noise
noun
- A problem that leads to a crisis.
- (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
- (slang) A shortage.
- A critical moment or event.
- (music) Moderate distortion.
- A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
- (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
- A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
- (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
- (chiefly US) The symbol #.
- the act of crushing
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- the sound of something crunching
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
- (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- (transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
- (intransitive) To become deflated.
- (slang) To belch or flatulate
- (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
- become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- produce deflation in
- reduce or lessen the size or importance of
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
- release contained air or gas from
verb
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- press down tightly
- compress into a wad
- press tightly together or cram
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
noun
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
verb
- (computing, transitive) To decompress (data).
- (intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
- (transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
- (linguistics, intransitive, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
- (figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
- remove from its packing
verb
- (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
- (figurative, transitive) To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
- (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- (figurative) To swell; to puff up.
- (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
- become inflated
- cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
- increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
- fill with gas or air
- exaggerate or make bigger
verb
- (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- make more compact by or as if by pressing
- squeeze or press together
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- A machine for compressing.
- (medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
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- (computing) Of an algorithm for converting or compressing data, reducing the amount of information in data.
- (electricity) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss.
- (telecommunications) Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
- characterized by or causing dissipation of energy