compact
1. a small cosmetics case with a mirror;
to be carried in a woman's purse (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
powder compact
• Hypernyms:
case
2. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
• Syn:
covenant, concordat
• Derivationally related forms:
covenant (for: covenant)
• Hypernyms:
written agreement
• Instance Hyponyms:
Lateran Treaty
3. a small and economical car
• Syn:
compact car
• Hypernyms:
car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
1. have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- This powder compacts easily
- Such odd-shaped items do not pack well
• Syn:
pack
• Derivationally related forms:
compaction
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Group:
pack, bundle, wad
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s Adjective
2. compress into a wad
- wad paper into the box
• Syn:
pack, bundle, wad
• See Also:
bundle off (for: bundle)
• Derivationally related forms:
compaction, wad (for: wad), packing (for: pack)
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
puddle
• Verb Group:
pack
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. make more compact by or as if by pressing
- compress the data
• Syn:
compress, pack together
• Ant:
decompress (for: compress)
• Derivationally related forms:
compaction, compression (for: compress), compressing (for: compress)
• Hypernyms:
wedge, squeeze, force
• Hyponyms:
tamp down, tamp, pack
• Entailment:
press
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. squeeze or press together
- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
• Syn:
compress, constrict, squeeze, contract, press
• Derivationally related forms:
press (for: press), pressing (for: press), contraction (for: contract), contracture (for: contract), contractor (for: contract), constriction (for: constrict), constrictor (for: constrict), compressible (for: compress), compression (for: compress), compressor (for: compress), compressing (for: compress)
• Hypernyms:
tighten
• Hyponyms:
choke, strangle, prim, astringe, strangulate,
convulse, bear down, overbear, gag, fret, scrag
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. closely and firmly united or packed together (Freq. 2)
- compact soil
- compact clusters of flowers
• Ant:
loose
• Similar to:
clayey, cloggy, heavy, close-packed, consolidated,
impacted, wedged, packed, serried, tight
• See Also:
concentrated
• Derivationally related forms:
compactness
2. having a short and solid form or stature
- a wrestler of compact build
- he was tall and heavyset
- stocky legs
- a thickset young man
• Syn:
heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
• Similar to:
short, little
• Derivationally related forms:
compactness
3. 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
• Syn:
compendious, succinct, summary
• Similar to:
concise
• Derivationally related forms:
summary (for: summary), succinctness (for: succinct), compendium (for: compendious)
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