a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)(noun.artifact)
source: wordnet30
A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.(noun)
source: webster1913
verb (v)
make more compact by or as if by pressing(verb.contact)
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.(verb)