Compress and Outstretch

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Compress verb - To reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together.

Usage example: a science textbook that compresses a lot of information about human reproduction into a few short chapters

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Outstretch is an antonym for compress.

Outstretch verb - To arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area.

Usage example: the dog had outstretched his legs and was lying across the width of the doorway

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Compress is an antonym for outstretch.

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Outstretch and Compress. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compress/outstretch

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