packed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Pressed together or compressed: Describes something where the parts are forced closely together, leaving little or no space between them.
- Filled to capacity: Describes a space or container that is completely full, often with people or things.
Usage Examples
Pressed together or compressed:
- The hikers walked over the packed earth of the trail.
- Use packed brown sugar for this recipe, not the loose kind.
Filled to capacity:
- The stadium was packed for the championship game.
- Her schedule is packed with meetings all week.
Advanced Usage
"packed like sardines": An idiom meaning extremely crowded, with people pressed very close together.
- On the subway during rush hour, we were packed like sardines.
"packed in": (Phrasal verb form) To fill a space completely.
- They packed over a thousand people in for the concert.
Variants and Related Words
- Pack (verb): To fill or load a container; to crowd together.
- Packing (noun): The action of filling a container; material used to protect goods.
- Jam-packed (adjective): Extremely crowded or full. (A more emphatic synonym).
Synonyms
- Compressed: Flattened by pressure.
- Crowded: Full of people.
- Brimming: Filled to the very top.
- Stuffed: Filled tightly.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Pack up: To put things into containers, especially in preparation for leaving or storing.
- We need to pack up our gear before we leave the campsite.
Pack away: To store something by putting it in a container or designated place.
- Can you help me pack away the holiday decorations?
Related Idioms
- Pack a punch: To have a powerful effect.
- That spicy sauce really packs a punch.
- Send someone packing: To dismiss or send someone away abruptly.
- After he was rude to the customers, the manager sent him packing.
Adjective
- pressed together or compressed
- packed snow
- filled to capacity
- a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes
- stands jam-packed with fans
- a packed theater