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DECOMPRESS

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

Example:

Let's all relax after a hard day's work

Synonyms:

decompress; loosen up; relax; slow down; unbend; unwind

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Decrease the pressure of

Example:

depressurize the cabin in the air plane

Synonyms:

decompress; depressurise; depressurize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

Derivation:

decompressing; decompression (relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Restore to its uncompressed form

Example:

decompress data

Synonyms:

decompress; uncompress

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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)

Derivation:

decompression (restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display)

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