compact (
http://definr.com/compact)
adj 1: closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact
soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" [ant:
loose]
2: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a
dense population"; "thick crowds" [syn:
dense,
thick]
3: heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact
build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a
thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" [syn:
heavyset,
stocky,
thick,
thickset]
4: 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]
n 1: a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a
woman's purse [syn:
powder compact]
2: a signed written agreement between two or more parties
(nations) to perform some action [syn:
covenant,
concordat]
3: a small and economical car [syn:
compact car]
v 1: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn:
pack,
bundle,
wad]
2: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
data" [syn:
compress,
pack together]
3: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips" [syn:
compress,
constrict,
squeeze,
contract,
press]