DECOMPRESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does decompress mean?
• DECOMPRESS (verb)
The verb DECOMPRESS has 3 senses:
1. restore to its uncompressed form
2. decrease the pressure of
3. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Familiarity information: DECOMPRESS used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DECOMPRESS (verb)
Meaning:
Restore to its uncompressed form
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
decompress; uncompress
Context example:
decompress data
Hypernyms (to "decompress" is one way to...):
reconstruct; restore (return to its original or usable and functioning condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
compress (make more compact by or as if by pressing)
Meaning:
Decrease the pressure of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
depressurise; depressurize; decompress
Context example:
depressurize the cabin in the air plane
Hypernyms (to "decompress" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decompress"):
puncture (cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
relax; decompress; unwind; loosen up; slow down; unbend
Context examples:
He relaxed in the hot tub / Let's all relax after a hard day's work
Hypernyms (to "decompress" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decompress"):
vege out; vegetate (engage in passive relaxation)
sit back; take it easy (settle into a comfortable sitting position)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue decompress
