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| beetle2 |
a wooden mallet or club used to stamp and finish linen, compress paving stones, or mash vegetables. [1/3 definitions] |
| clamp |
a device used to fasten, support, or compress two or more objects or pieces. [1/4 definitions] |
| compact1 |
to consolidate or compress. [1/9 definitions] |
| condense |
to make smaller, denser, or more compact; compress; concentrate. [1/5 definitions] |
| hydrocephalus |
a condition, esp. in children, in which an abnormal amount of serum accumulates in the brain's ventricles, causing the skull to enlarge and the brain to compress. |
| implode |
to violently collapse or compress inward. |
| knit |
to compress or move closely together, forming wrinkles. [1/9 definitions] |
| overcompress |
combined form of compress. |
| pump1 |
to move or compress (a fluid or gas) using or as if using a pump. [2/12 definitions] |
| squeeze |
to press firmly together; compress. [1/12 definitions] |
| squinch2 |
to compress into a smaller space. [1/4 definitions] |
| strangulate |
to compress or block (a body passage) so as to cut off the flow of air, blood, or the like, esp. by surgical procedure. [1/2 definitions] |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. [1/2 definitions] |
| telescopic |
made of usu. tubular parts that can slide over one another to compress or elongate. [1/4 definitions] |
| wad |
to compress or roll into a wad (often fol. by "up"). [1/7 definitions] |
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