packed

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. [1913 Webster]

Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater. [1913 Webster]

3.To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack[3] (the deck). [1913 Webster +PJC]

And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

4.Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack[3]; as, to pack a jury or a caucus. [1913 Webster]

The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops.— Atterbury.[1913 Webster]

5.To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

6.To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse. [1913 Webster]

Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.— Shack.[1913 Webster]

7.To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school. [1913 Webster]

He . . . must not die Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

8.To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.] [1913 Webster]

9.(Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5. [1913 Webster]

10.(Mech.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine. [1913 Webster]

11.To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

1.Same as jammed.

Syn: full, jammed, jam-packed. [WordNet 1.5]

2.Crowded; as, the theater was packed. [PJC]