a pad or cloth pressed on part of the body (to stop bleeding, reduce fever etc)

compact, condense

(to cause a liquid, gas etc) to increase in density or strength, to become thicker

abridge

to make (something) shorter that was first planned

cut short; abridge

to arrive at (knowledge, a theory etc) by reasoning

figure out, understand

to change (a liquid) to gas by heating, and then cool the gas and collect drops of liquid

make pure; draw out something

to do work of planning and directing the publication of a newspaper, magazine, book etc

rewrite, refine

(to cause something) to become shorter

diminish, decrease

to make (something) easy to do or understand

make easy, intelligible

to make a summary of (a report, speech, a person's character etc)

give a rundown

compact, condense

compact, condense

a long instrument with lenses, used to make distant objects appear nearer and larger; (to cause something) to become come shorter by having sections that slide into each other

compact, condense