packed

[pakt]

adjective

1. filled to capacity; full.

   They've had a packed theater for every performance.

2. pressed together; dense; compressed.

   packed snow.

3. abundantly supplied with a specified element (used in combination).

   an action-packed movie.

packed

/ pækt /

adjective

1. completely filled; full

   a packed theatre

2. (of a picnic type of meal) prepared and put in a container or containers beforehand; prepacked

   a packed lunch

Other Word Forms

• mispacked adjective
• well-packed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of packed¹

First recorded in 1770–80; pack ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

They packed up and left on Jan. 2, then returned the next day, after a report of smoke in the area, for another round of cold trailing, Villanueva said.

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“Normally, it would be packed,” said Thomas, 38, arranging a towel to lie on.

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The next day, as the government prepared to shut down, my family packed our bags to leave town for my daughter Naomi’s spinal surgery.

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The 24,000 fans who packed into Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday expected more of the same.

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He has traveled in a bus packed with U.S. farmers down narrow roads into rural Cambodia, where the landscape is dotted with half-acre ponds used for fish farming.

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• wrapped