compress

Related to compress: hot compress

compress (something) into (something)

1. To mold something into a particular shape. We compressed the cookie dough into little balls and then put it on a baking sheet.
2. To push on something so that it fits into a receptacle. Even sitting on my suitcase didn't help to compress the clothes into it.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

compress something into something

 
1. to squeeze or press something into something, such as a mold or container. We compressed the tomatoes into the jar. I cannot compress any more clothing into the suitcase.
2. to form something into a shape by applying pressure. He compressed the mass of paper into a tight ball. The clay was compressed into the shape of a brick upon the application of pressure to the mold.
See also: compress
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
  • a thing of the past
  • a slew of (something)
  • a bird in the hand
References in periodicals archive
* Reduce usage: Compressed air is often misused because everyone assumes it is free.
Data, whether compressed or not, would still be written at maximum drive speed, as long as data was being moved from the server to the drive at maximum speed.
Train Your People: Awareness of the high cost of compressed air and what to do about it is key to reduce cost.
Not even the employment of an oilfree compressor is a guarantee for truly hydrocarbon-free compressed air a considerable remaining risk existed up until today.
A retrofit, guided by an audit, can produce a contamination-free compressed air system that operates at a constant pressure for all conditions, at reduced cost.
Then he saw an article in a magazine about a new type of Balston compressed air dryer based on membrane separation from Parker Hannifin's Filtration and Separation Division in Tewksbury, MA.
* base actions and decisions regarding compressed air on technology - not assumptions.
While doing so, it is also important to account for the compressed air related energy costs, broken down into each production area's consumption.
To put the cost of compressed air system leakage into context, one 3mm hole could cost over 1000 [pounds sterling] per year in wasted energy.
They are 40% lighter than before, and have two selectable air-flow rates of 5 or 10 cfm to save expensive compressed air when processing conditions permit.
The compressed groove includes rear inner compressed grooves in a rear half of the absorbent article that extend symmetrically about a longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article.
Launched in June 2006 the Food Industry Code of Practice for the supply of compressed air, has been prepared by the British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Note also a lack of uniformity of stresses within the compressed section of the washer.
The most expensive component in the total cost of compressed air is energy.
Compressed air supply systems can be a source of wasted energy, especially if they have been in place for some years.