Compress vs. Expand
Compressverb
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
Compressverb
(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
Compressverb
(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
Compressverb
(transitive) To abridge.
Compressverb
To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
Compressverb
(obsolete) To embrace sexually.
Compressnoun
A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
Compressnoun
A machine for compressing
Compressverb
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.
Compressverb
To embrace sexually.
Compressverb
to reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use.
Compressnoun
A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.
Compressnoun
a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
Compressverb
make more compact by or as if by pressing;
Compressverb
squeeze or press together;
Compress
compress is a Unix shell compression program based on the LZW compression algorithm. Compared to more modern compression utilities such as gzip and bzip2, compress performs faster and with less memory usage, at the cost of a significantly lower compression ratio.
Expandverb
(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
Expandverb
(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
Expandverb
(transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
Expandverb
To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
Expandverb
To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
Expandverb
(intransitive) To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
Expandverb
(intransitive) To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
Expandverb
(intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
Expandverb
(intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.
Expandverb
To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
Expandverb
To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; - opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
Expandverb
To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
Expandverb
To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
Expandverb
extend in one or more directions;
Expandverb
become larger in size or volume or quantity;
Expandverb
make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity;
Expandverb
grow stronger;
Expandverb
exaggerate or make bigger;
Expandverb
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
Expandverb
expand the influence of;
