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verb
To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: unzip, uncompress
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To relax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, slow down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
Narrower terms: vege out, vegetate, sit back, take it easy
verb
decrease the pressure of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: depressurize, depressurise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adjust, set, correct
Narrower terms: puncture
verb
restore to its uncompressed form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: uncompress
Antonyms: compress
Broader terms: restore, reconstruct
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English compress English decompress From de- + compress.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
