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

compact, condense

(to cause something) to become solid; (to cause a person) to become confident and determined

make or become solid

(to cause a substance) to become solid, hard or firm

harden

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