comprimere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- compress verb To squeeze or press something into a smaller space.
- impact noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
- knead verb To press, fold, and work a soft mixture (especially dough) with the hands until it becomes smooth and even.
- zip noun A fastener made of two rows of interlocking teeth pulled together by a sliding tab; also called a zipper.
Senses
comprimere is used for these senses in English:
- impact (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
- knead (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
- zip (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
compress — full definition
- verb To squeeze or press something into a smaller space.
- verb (computing) To reduce the size of a digital file by encoding it more efficiently.
- noun A folded pad of cloth, sometimes cold or warmed, pressed against part of the body to relieve pain or swelling.
impact — full definition
- noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
- noun A significant effect or influence.
- verb To have a significant effect on something.
- verb To strike or collide with something forcefully.
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