a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

make more compact by or as if by pressing

squeeze or press together

pressed tightly together

reduced in volume by pressure

flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere

gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant

the property of being able to occupy less space

capable of being compressed or made more compact

capable of being easily compressed

applying pressure

an increase in the density of something

the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

applying pressure

bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure

fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)

a mechanical device that compresses gasses