decompress

de·com·press

verb \ˌdē-kəm-ˈpres\

Definition of DECOMPRESS

transitive verb

1

: to release from pressure or compression

2

: to convert (as a compressed file or signal) to an expanded or original size

intransitive verb

: to undergo release from pressure; especially : relax <need a week off to decompress>

— de·com·pres·sion \-ˈpre-shən\ noun

Examples of DECOMPRESS

1. Once pressure was released, the vertebrae decompressed.
2. The file must be decompressed before it can be read.

First Known Use of DECOMPRESS

1905

Related to DECOMPRESS

Synonyms: chill, chill out [slang], relax, de-stress, loosen up, mellow (out), unwind, wind down

Antonyms: tense (up)

Related Words: unbend; bask, kick back, loll, lounge, repose, rest; bum, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, vegetate, veg out, zone out; alleviate, comfort, ease, relieve; calm, compose, cool, quiet, settle

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Rhymes with DECOMPRESS

ABS, acquiesce, baroness, bitter cress, CBS, coalesce, convalesce, crown princess, DES, deliquesce, derepress, dispossess, due process, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, full-court press, gentilesse, granny dress, in-process, inverness, Inverness, less and less, letterpress, luminesce, Lyonnesse, minidress, more or less, nonetheless, obsolesce, otherguess, overdress, pennycress, phosphoresce, politesse, prepossess, preprocess, recrudesce, repossess, reprocess, retrogress, second-guess, SOS, sweaterdress, underdress, watercress, window-dress, word process