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packed
packed /pækt/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: pack, package, packaging, packet, packing, packer; verb: packunpack, 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
     
THESAURUS
    full 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.
    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 | The courtroom will be packed with journalists.
    bursting (with something) extremely full of something: Her wardrobe was bursting with coats and shoes. | 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. | 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 | 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 | The trucks are often grossly overloaded (=far too overloaded).