n. 25B6; verb
the skirt can be compressed into a bag : SQUEEZE, press, squash, crush, cram, jam, stuff; tamp, pack, compact; constrict; informal scrunch.
Polly compressed her lips : PURSE, press together, pucker.
the text was compressed : ABRIDGE, condense, shorten, cut, abbreviate, truncate; summarize, precis.
expand.