compressing+pad
41compress — compresses, compressing, compressed (The verb is pronounced [[t]kəmpre̱s[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]kɒ̱mpres[/t]].) 1) V ERG When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space. [V n]… …
42compress — com•press v. [[t]kəmˈprɛs[/t]] n. [[t]ˈkɒm prɛs[/t]] v. t. 1) to press or squeeze together; force into less space 2) to cause to become a solid mass: to compress cotton into bales[/ex] 3) cvb to condense, shorten, or abbreviate: The book was… …
43compress — verb (t) /kəmˈprɛs / (say kuhm pres) 1. to press together; force into less space. 2. Computers to encode (data) into a form that uses less storage. –noun /ˈkɒmprɛs / (say kompres) 3. Medicine a soft pad of lint, linen, or the like, held in place… …
44tourniquet — /ˈtɔnəkeɪ / (say tawnuhkay), /ˈtʊə / (say toouh ) noun any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a pad pressed down by a screw, a bandage tightened by twisting, etc. {French, from tourner turn} …
45compress — [kəm pres′; ] for n. [ käm′pres΄] vt. [ME compressen < OFr compresser < LL compressare < L compressus, pp. of comprimere, to squeeze < com , together + premere, to PRESS1] to press together; make more compact by or as by pressure n. 1 …
46tourniquet — [toor′ni kit, tʉr′ni kit΄] n. [Fr, altered in sense and form (infl. by tourner, to TURN) < MFr turniquet, earlier turniquel, coat of mail, upper garment < OFr tunicle < L tunicula, dim. of tunica, TUNIC] any device for compressing a… …
47com|press — «verb. kuhm PREHS; noun. KOM prehs», verb, noun. –v.t. to squeeze together; make smaller by pressure; condense: »Cotton is compressed into bales. Figurative. Can you compress the story into a few short sentences? SYNONYM(S): constrict, compact.… …
48tour|ni|quet — «TUR nuh keht, kay; TUR », noun. a device for stopping bleeding by compressing a blood vessel, such as a bandage around a limb tightened by twisting with a stick, a pad pressed down by a screw, or an inflated rubber tube. ╂[< French tourniquet …
