n. a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

n. a small and economical car

n. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

v. make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

v. compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"

v. to process data by squeezing them, in order to gain space

v. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

adj. closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"

adj. having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"

adj. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

adj. heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"

n. the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"

n. a contract to hire or lease transportation

n. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"

n. a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim

n. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

n. the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"

n. the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"

n. a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"

n. a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die

n. an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"

n. (diplomacy) an international agreement

v. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

v. make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

v. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

v. undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"

v. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

v. crowd together too much

v. fill completely; "The child stuffed his pockets with candy"

v. make into a bale; "bale hay"

v. provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

v. take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

v. make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

v. join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"

v. bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated"

v. to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

v. gather in a mass, sum, or whole

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

v. to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

v. make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

v. make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

v. make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"

v. become one; become integrated; "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds"

v. exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"

v. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

v. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

v. push along

v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

v. convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products"

v. contour economically or efficiently

v. make ridges into by pinching together

v. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

v. become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"

v. make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood"

v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

v. make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

v. move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"

v. provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"

v. cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"

adj. overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

adj. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

adj. hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"

adj. of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"

adj. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"

adj. cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"

adj. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

adj. hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

adj. strong and heavily built: "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W. H. Hudson; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term: a buirdly lad for twelve"

adj. (mesomorphic)

adj. of considerable weight and size; "a hefty dictionary"

adj. consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"

v. send off unceremoniously

adj. gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"

adj. brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters in my office"

adj. occurring close together in bunches or clusters

adj. concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose

adj. planted or growing close together; "thickset trees"

adj. not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention"

adj. terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"

adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

adj. having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"

adj. characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor

adj. concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

adj. having the style of a telegram with many short words left out; "telegraphic economy of words"; "the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics"

adj. having a large belly

adj. swollen with fat; "blubber cheeks"; "blubber lips"; "a coarse blubbery individual"

adj. euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump"

adj. excessively fat; "a weighty man"

adj. having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw

adj. short and plump

adj. somewhat fat

adj. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

adj. repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"

adj. euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"

adj. not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"

adj. using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"