See Also: collide(dictionary)
collide(dictionary)
compress(medicine)
ice compress(medicine)
wet compress(medicine)
Compress(health)
compress(1)(dictionary)
compress(2)(dictionary)
compress 1, verb(dictionary)
cold compress(medicine)

compress 1, verb (oh) and collide (iou)


compress 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: compressare 'to press hard', from Latin comprimere 'to compress', from com- ( COM-) + premere 'to press']
[I and T] to press something or make it smaller so that it takes up less space, or to become smaller
::Light silk is best for parachutes, as it compresses well and then expands rapidly.
::Isobel nodded, her lips compressed.
compress sth into sth
::Snow falling on the mountainsides is compressed into ice.
::The miners used rock drills and compressed air to drive through hard rock.
[I and T] to make a computer file smaller by using a special computer program, which makes the file easier to store or send, or to become smaller in this way
::The program compresses any data saved to the disk.
[T] to write or express something using fewer words
-synonym condense condense compress sth into sth
::In this chapter we compress into summary form the main issues discussed so far.
[T ] to reduce the amount of time that it takes for something to happen or be done
compress sth into sth
::Many couples want to compress their childbearing into a short space of time in their married life.
-- compressible adj
-- compression /-5preFEn/ n [U]
::data compression

collide (iou)



collide verb. E17.
[Latin collidere clash together, formed as COL- + laedere hurt by striking.]
verb trans. Bring into violent contact, strike together. Now rare or obsolete exc. techn. E17.
verb intrans. Come into collision (with); strike or dash together. E18.
b. fig. Be in conflict, clash, conflict. M19.
collider noun (Physics) a particle accelerator in which two beams are made to collide L20.