packed /pækt/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ pack , ↑ package , ↑ packaging , ↑ packet , ↑ packing , ↑ packer ; verb : ↑ pack ≠ ↑ unpack , ↑ package ; adjective : ↑ packed ]
1 . extremely full of people:
a packed courtroom
packed with
The island was packed with tourists.
2 . packed with/full of something containing a lot of a particular type of thing:
a new magazine packed with exciting recipes
3 . [not before noun] if you are packed, you have put everything you need into cases ready to go somewhere
4 . tightly/loosely/densely packed pressed, arranged etc closely or not closely together:
houses tightly packed in rows
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THESAURUS
▪ full containing as much or as many things or people as possible, so there is no space left:
The train was nearly full.
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The cupboard was full of clothes.
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He spilled a full cup of coffee on the carpet.
▪ filled with something full of something – use this about a container when a lot of things have been put into it:
The envelopes were filled with cash.
▪ stuffed full of something 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.
▪ packed completely full of people – use this about a room, train etc:
a packed restaurant
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The courtroom will be packed with journalists.
▪ bursting (with something) extremely full of something:
Her wardrobe was bursting with coats and shoes.
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a small garden bursting with fruit and flowers
▪ crammed 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.
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The resort’s crammed beaches are uncomfortable in summer.
▪ teeming (with something) /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ full of people, animals etc that are all moving around:
The rivers are teeming with fish.
▪ overflowing used about a container that is so full that the liquid or things inside it come out over the top:
an overflowing bathtub
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The drawers were overflowing with magazines.
▪ overloaded used about a vehicle or a ship which has too many people or things in it:
an overloaded fishing boat
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The trucks are often grossly overloaded (=far too overloaded) .