packedpacked /pækt/ ●○○ adjective 
a packed courtroompacked with The island was packed with tourists.► see thesaurus at full2packed with/full of something containing a lot of a particular type of thing: a new magazine packed with exciting recipes3[not before noun] if you are packed, you have put everything you need into cases ready to go somewhere4tightly/loosely/densely packed pressed, arranged etc closely or not closely together: houses tightly packed in rows
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- packed snow
- a packed theatre
- Are you packed yet?
- Boy, the zoo is packed today.
- On the day of her funeral the church was packed with friends and relatives.
- St Peter's Square was packed with tourists.
- The club is so popular that it's usually packed by 9 o'clock.
- The plane was packed, because a previous flight had been cancelled.
- I'd just as soon make do with a packed lunch.
- There was a packed public gallery as the charges were formally read out by the court clerk.
- Waterproofs, wellingtons or other strong footwear and a packed lunch.
THESAURUS
containing as much or as many things or people as possible, so there is no space left: · The train was nearly full.· The cupboard was full of clothes.· He spilled a full cup of coffee on the carpet.
full of something – use this about a container when a lot of things have been put into it: · The envelopes were filled with cash.
completely full of something – use this about a container when lots of things have been put into it, often in an untidy way: · The case was stuffed full of clothes.
completely full of people – use this about a room, train etc: · a packed restaurant· The courtroom will be packed with journalists.
extremely full of something: · Her wardrobe was bursting with coats and shoes.· a small garden bursting with fruit and flowers
so full that you cannot fit anyone or anything else in – often used when you think there are too many people or things: · In summer, the hotels are crammed with tourists.· The resort’s crammed beaches are uncomfortable in summer.
full of people, animals etc that are all moving around: · The rivers are teeming with fish.
used about a container that is so full that the liquid or things inside it come out over the top: · an overflowing bathtub· The drawers were overflowing with magazines.
used about a vehicle or a ship which has too many people or things in it: · an overloaded fishing boat· The trucks are often grossly overloaded (=far too overloaded).
Longman Language Activatorwhen a place is full of people so full of people that it is difficult to move or find a place to sit or stand: · The train was really crowded.· a crowded elevatorcrowded with: · It was two weeks before Christmas and the mall was crowded with shoppers.
also packed out informal so full of people that there is almost no space left: · The club is so popular that it's usually packed by 9 o'clock.packed with: · St Peter's Square was packed with tourists.jam-packed (=completely full): · The football ground was absolutely jam-packed.
a place that is overcrowded has too many people in it and is unpleasant and uncomfortable: · The buses are filthy and overcrowded.· overcrowded prisons
if a place is swarming with people it is so crowded with them that it is difficult to move around - use this especially when a place is full of people you disapprove of or when you are annoyed that a place is so crowded: · The place was swarming with noisy schoolkids.
very full of people and activity: · the teeming streets of Cairoteeming with: · It was the start of the new semester, and the campus was teeming with students.
full if a container, room, or space is full , nothing more can go into it: · a full bottle of milk· All the parking spaces were full.· The lecture hall was full for MacGowan's talk.full of: · The buses were full of people going to work.· You can order a birthday box full of balloons, banners and party favors.
full of something - use this about a container when a lot of things have been put into it: · Pour the mixture into a tall glass filled with ice.· There were lots of tiny drawers filled with screws and nails.
completely full of people - use this about a room, theatre, train, bus etc: · a packed theatre· The plane was packed, because a previous flight had been cancelled.packed with: · On the day of her funeral the church was packed with friends and relatives.
a container that is overflowing is so full that the liquid or things inside it come out over the top: · Sewers were overflowing because of the rain.· The tables were covered with dirty coffee cups and overflowing ashtrays.overflowing with: · a trash can overflowing with garbage
something such as a bag or a pocket that is bulging is so full that the objects inside it push its sides outwards: · Wilson carried two bulging shopping bags from the duty-free shop.· a bulging wallet full of credit cardsbulging with: · The files are bulging with letters, mailing lists, and information on the subject.
British /be filled to the brim American if a container is full to the brim , it is full right to the very top, especially with liquid: · The reservoirs are filled to the brim after the spring floods.be full to the brim with: · The sink was full to the brim with dirty water and dishes.
British informal a room, vehicle, or building that is chock-a-block is so full of people that you cannot move easily in it: · The train was chock-a-block and I couldn't get a seat for the whole journey.be chock-a-block with: · The cinema is usually chock-a-block with kids on Sunday afternoons.
so full of things that nothing else can possibly be put in: · How can children learn in crammed classrooms?crammed/jammed with: · The box was crammed with books.· O'Hare Airport was jammed with holiday flights.· The two resorts are crammed with hotels, discos, bars, and restaurants.
if a container is stuffed with things, it is very full of them because as much as possible has been put into it: · a huge picnic basket stuffed with food· The girls each had a small backpack stuffed with books, cards, crayons, paper, and games.· Police seized the plane and found bags stuffed with 1300 kilos of cocaine.
to put things into a bag, box, car etc before taking them somewhere to put things into cases, bags, boxes etc so that you can take them somewhere: · We're going to Greece tomorrow, and I haven't started packing yet!· Did you remember to pack the suntan lotion?pack a bag/suitcase (=put things into a bag etc): · She packed her suitcase and set off for the airport.pack something into something: · We packed all our books into boxes.
spoken to put all the clothes and other things you need for travelling into bags: · How long do you think it'll take you to get packed?· By the time we'd gotten packed it was almost midnight.
to put goods, furniture, or other large objects into a large vehicle so that they can be taken somewhere: load something into/onto something: · I started loading the boxes into the truck.be loaded with something: · Trucks loaded with food and medicine waited at the border.fully loaded: · When the planes are fully loaded, they aren't able to take off from this runway, as it is too short.
to put a lot of things into a vehicle or boat, especially so that it is full: load up a truck/car etc: · Do you have time to help us load up the car?load up with: · The ship's lifeboat was taken into Lerwick to load up with fresh vegetables.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Ted’s workshop was crammed full of old engines. He packed an overnight bag and left. The club was packed to the rafters (=very full).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
(=the largest number of people who can fit into a hall, theatre etc)· The lecture attracted a capacity audience.
Ted’s workshop was crammed full of old engines. British English, a bag/sack lunch American English (=food such as sandwiches that you take to school etc)· Most of the children had brought packed lunches.
He packed an overnight bag and left. The club was packed to the rafters (=very full).· Diffusion Solids consist of closely packed particles.· At this point it must seem paradoxical that atomic nuclei containing several closely packed protons exist at all.· Shells now began to fall with increasing regularity among closely packed men.· And, of course, closely packed plants compete not only with the weeds but with each other.· For the poorer workers, the industrialists built closely packed rows of terraced houses with very little open space.· The closely packed neutrons form a degenerate gas and, being fermions, they can also exert a degeneracy pressure.
NOUN· Values of packed cell count, haemoglobin, urea, glucose, creatinine, and electrolytes were obtained at admission.· For those not requiring red cell transfusion there was no difference in packed cell volume between the groups at 1 month.· First day packed cell volume also emerged as a predictor of transfusion requirements.· Associations have been shown between low packed cell volume or red cell volume, or both, and the respiratory distress syndrome.
· And Elvis did play ever to packed houses and many were the daughters of men who came in unto him.· The lights dim and hushed expectancy shudders through the packed house.· During July we were on the Women's Heart tour - 28 gigs in 30 nights, packed houses all the way.· For example, in London, stage censorship ended the previous December, and the all-nude musical Hair was enjoying packed houses.· The radio series the Archers has been specially adapted for the theatre and is playing to packed houses.· Starring Paul Nicholas, it's been playing to packed houses for nearly two weeks.· No more the buzz of playing before a packed house at Twickers.
· A wholesome breakfast is served and dinner and packed lunches are provided on request.· Most people had brought a packed lunch and this was eaten in the sun on Kidderminster Station platform.· Waterproofs, wellingtons or other strong footwear and a packed lunch.· We collected our packed lunch from the manageress, and, as the sun again was shining, set out for Helvellyn.· She had also prepared a good packed lunch.· Vegetarian meals can be provided, and packed lunches are available on request.· They had eaten a packed lunch prepared by Evelyn.· I'd just as soon make do with a packed lunch.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Fortunately, there are many Web sites packed full of copyright-free graphics and other components.
- Ragu's also packed full of other good things, like herbs and spices.
- They're packed full of Vitamin C to keep your eyes fresh and revitalised.
- This beautiful little fishing town is packed full of narrow winding cobbled streets and colourful terraced houses.
- This final line-up was packed full of skilled musicians, each of whom had his own musical statement to make.
- Zest also includes a 16 page motivation section packed full of ideas about how to get in great shape.
- An antique Oldsmobile crawled by, its tires crackling on the sand-covered, tightly packed ground of the flat.
- But at first the cities simply increased in number, grew in population and became more densely packed.
- He gave a six-minute inaugural speech from the South Portico before a tightly packed audience.
- He hoped that the tightly packed deuterium atoms would be set in motion, their nuclei bumping into one another and fusing.
- In the first minute of the plug formation the platelets retain their granules and remain loosely packed.
- Now, outside tightly packed row houses in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, the streets are strewn with debris.
- The functions of the buildings in their tightly packed site are difficult to determine.
- There is a massive file cabinet stuffed with documents so old and densely packed they may be ready to ignite spontaneously.
- If Tapie was a fish he'd be stuffed to the gills this issue!
- It's a surprise then to find the Powerhaus pretty much packed to the gills.
- We were packed like sardines on the train.
- On the other side of the building turtles are packed like sardines into more tanks.
- The air overhead was packed solid with noise that did not move.
- Whalley Range was, and still is, an intensely Bohemian area packed solid with aspiring and struggling bands.
- The Beastline were standing close together, silhouetted against the sky.
- The main street in Lincoln is narrow, and the little houses are close together.
- These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together.
- They stood close together in silence, listening.
- Though they are close together on the couch, there is in fact a chasm between them.
- We draw close together to complete our plans.
WORD FAMILYnounpackpackagepackagingpacketpackingpackerverbpack ≠ unpackpackageadjectivepacked
1extremely full of people: a packed courtroompacked with The island was packed with tourists.► see thesaurus at full2packed with/full of something containing a lot of a particular type of thing: a new magazine packed with exciting recipes3[not before noun] if you are packed, you have put everything you need into cases ready to go somewhere4tightly/loosely/densely packed pressed, arranged etc closely or not closely together: houses tightly packed in rows