vt to embrace sexually.
2. compress ·noun 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.
3. compress ·vt 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.