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PACKED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pressed together or compressed
Example:
packed snow
Classified under:
Similar:
compact (closely and firmly united or packed together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extremely crowed or filled to capacity
Example:
a packed theater
Synonyms:
jam-packed; jammed; packed
Classified under:
Similar:
crowded (overfilled or compacted or concentrated)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb pack
Context examples:
I remembered only, and it was with a bitter anguish that I reflected on it, to order that my chemical instruments should be packed to go with me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Formation by cetrifugation of a tightly packed sample in the bottom of a tube.
(Pellet Formation, NCI Thesaurus)
It has abundant clear cytoplasm packed with glycogen and a basal nucleus.
(Parathyroid Gland Clear Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
Its cytoplasm is composed of tightly packed mitochondria and glycogen granules, with rare secretory granules, stains pink, and the margin is usually observed.
(Parathyroid Gland Oxyphil Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
Returning, he gathered his pots and pans together, packed his grub-box, and rolled up his bed.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The trail they had broken into the country was packed hard by later journeyers.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
At sunset the tent was struck, hampers packed, wickets pulled up, boats loaded, and the whole party floated down the river, singing at the tops of their voices.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I shall send for my clothes when I get to Longbourn; but I wish you would tell Sally to mend a great slit in my worked muslin gown before they are packed up.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The blue color is caused by large, densely packed melanocytes deep in the dermis of the nevus.
(Blue Nevus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
"It's like finding a better arrangement of shoes in your luggage — the ice molecules become packed together more tightly," said Vance.
(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)
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