packed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /pækt/
Meanings
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Put into a package.
packed lunch
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Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.
A packed schedule of 13 different inquiries ranged from parking on pavements to filling potholes, plus a hard-hitting examination of the Government's proposed Airports National Policy Statement and its recommendation to grant approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow.
2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 33:[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:packed with goodness
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(colloquial) Filled to capacity with people.
On a steamy summer late afternoon the Luzhniki was once again packed. It is a vast space, with a roof that almost closes in on itself capturing the air like a superheated bubble.
2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:We picked up returning Millwall supporters at New Street, together with a couple of British Transport Police officers, and the train, an 11-car set, was now packed.
2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 97:The bus was packed and I couldn't get on.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more packed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most packed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hardpacked · packed decimal · cram-packed · badly packed kebab · ram-packed · packed cells · manpacked · packed house · packed to the rafters · prepacked · packed lunch · packed to the gills · nonpacked · action-packed · packed meal · close-packed · vacuum-packed · flatpacked · unpacked · packed like sardines · jam-packed · pamper packed
Synonyms
rammed · crowded (filled to capacity with people)
Translations (39)
ru заби́тый (filled with a large number or large quantity) · el φίσκα (filled to capacity) · gl ateigado (filled with a large number or large quantity) · fr empaqueté (put into a package) · ca replet (filled with a large number or large quantity) · pl zbity (filled with a large number or large quantity) · it impacchettato (put into a package) · pt repleto (filled with a large number or large quantity) · ru запо́лненный (filled with a large number or large quantity) · es atiborrado (filled to capacity) · fr emballé (put into a package) · fr blindé (filled to capacity) · id penuh (filled to capacity) · es tupido (filled to capacity) · la condensus (filled with a large number or large quantity) · kea totxadu (filled with a large number or large quantity) · fr bondé (filled to capacity) · pt abarrotado (filled with a large number or large quantity) · es atestado (filled to capacity) · ca replet (filled to capacity) · pl przepełniony (filled to capacity) · gl basto (filled with a large number or large quantity) · hy լի (filled with a large number or large quantity) · gl repleto (filled to capacity) · pt empacotado (put into a package) · la frequens (filled with a large number or large quantity) · pt lotado (filled to capacity) · es empaquetado (put into a package) · pl zatłoczony (filled to capacity) · cs nacpaný (filled to capacity) · pl zapakowany (put into a package) · es colmado (filled to capacity) · ca empaquetat (put into a package) · gl acugulado (filled with a large number or large quantity) · fr plein à craquer (filled to capacity) · la refertus (filled to capacity) · pl ubity (filled with a large number or large quantity) · fr archiplein (filled with a large number or large quantity) · fr bourré (filled with a large number or large quantity)