Compact - Definition

adj 1: closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact
soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" [ant: loose]
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: compact, heavyset, stocky,
thick, thickset]
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, compact, succinct,
summary]
n 1: a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a
woman's purse [syn: compact, powder compact]
2: a signed written agreement between two or more parties
(nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant, compact,
concordat]
3: a small and economical car [syn: compact, compact car]
v 1: have the property of being packable or of compacting
easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped
items do not pack well" [syn: compact, pack]
2: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack,
bundle, wad, compact]
3: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
data" [syn: compress, compact, pack together] [ant:
decompress, uncompress]
4: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict,
squeeze, compact, contract, press]