COMPRESSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compressing mean? 

• COMPRESSING (noun)
  The noun COMPRESSING has 1 sense:

1. applying pressure

  Familiarity information: COMPRESSING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPRESSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Applying pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

compressing; compression

Hypernyms ("compressing" is a kind of...):

press; pressing; pressure (the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compressing"):

squeeze; squeezing (the act of gripping and pressing firmly)

condensation; condensing (the act of increasing the density of something)

compaction; crunch; crush (the act of crushing)

constriction (the action or process of compressing)

Derivation:

compress (squeeze or press together)

compress (make more compact by or as if by pressing)

 Context examples 

Compressing NPG yields unprecedentedly large thermal changes due to molecular reconfiguration.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

He looked at me fixedly, compressing his well-cut lips while he did so.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Compressing her lips, in sympathy with the snap, Miss Murdstone opened it—opening her mouth a little at the same time—and produced my last letter to Dora, teeming with expressions of devoted affection.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Neurofibromas can become quite large, causing a major disfigurement, eroding bone, and compressing various peripheral nerve structures.

(Neurofibromatosis type 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A sense of discomfort or distress that is squeezing or excessively compressing.

(Crushing Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

This sentiment, as compressing the general question into a nutshell, gave the utmost satisfaction, and brought the gentleman into great notice until the ladies retired.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Most cooling devices work by compressing and expanding fluids such as HFCs and HCs.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)