Compress

1. noun

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

2. verb

   make more compact by or as if by pressing

   “compress the data”

   Similar: compact, pack together

3. verb

   squeeze or press together

   “she compressed her lips”

   Similar: constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press