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SQUASH |
Compress |
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SQUEEZE |
Compress |
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COMPRESSED |
Of Compress |
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COMPRESSING |
Of Compress |
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COMPACT |
Compress cosmetic case |
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WRING |
Twist and compress |
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COMPINGE |
To compress; to shut up. |
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COMPRESSOR |
Anything which serves to compress |
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SCRUZE |
To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise. |
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CONSTRAIN |
To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. |
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THROTTLE |
To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. |
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COMPRESSIVE |
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress;
as, a compressive force. |
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CRAMP |
To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and
contract; to hinder. |
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PINCH |
To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as,
the shoe pinches. |
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BATTER |
To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it
inwardly and spread it outwardly. |
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ASTRINGE |
To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause
parts to draw together; to compress. |
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GARROT |
A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a
bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. |
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BANDAGE |
Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over
or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. |
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CONDENSE |
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or
concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to
epitomize. |
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CRIBRIFORM |
Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced
with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform
compress. |
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NIP |
To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two
surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to
close in upon. |
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PLEDGET |
A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound,
ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the
matter discharged. |
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BOLSTER |
A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support
any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a
compress. |
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COMPRESS |
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. |
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TOURNIQUET |
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists
essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band
which is tightened by a screw or other means. |