English

Verb

packed

1. simple past tense and past participle of pack

Adjective

packed ‎(comparative more packed, superlative most packed)

1. Put into a package.

   packed lunch‎

2. Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     […] 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.

   packed with goodness‎

3. (colloquial) Filled to capacity with people.

   The bus was packed and I couldn't get on.‎

Synonyms

• rammed

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• packed lunch