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verb • To mash; or push; especially to push down or in; compress • To engage in intimate contact, especially sexual relations. | ||||||||
31% | 5 | Compresses | ||||||
noun • a large indefinite quantity • a complete collection of similar things • a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) • an association of criminals • an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose • a group of hunting animals • a cream that cleanses and tones the skin • a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect • a bundle (especially one carried on the back) verb • arrange in a container • fill to capacity • compress into a wad • carry, as on one's back • set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome • have with oneself; have on one's person • press tightly together or cram • hike with a backpack • press down tightly • seal with packing • have the property of being packable or of compacting easily • load with a pack • 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 | ||||||||
31% | 4 | Compresses, in computerese | ||||||
noun • a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail • a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential • forceful exertion • a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab verb • close with a zipper • move very fast | ||||||||
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