"compact soil" "compact clusters of flowers"
"a wrestler of compact build" "he was tall and heavyset" "stocky legs" "a thickset young man"
"a short and compendious book" "a compact style is brief and pithy" "succinct comparisons" "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
"This powder compacts easily" "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
"wad paper into the box"
"compress the data"
"she compressed her lips" "the spasm contracted the muscle"