Antonyms for packed

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pakt

Phonetic Transcription : pækt

Definition of packed

Origin : "bundle," early 13c., probably from a Low German word (cf. Middle Dutch pac, pack "bundle," Middle Low German pak, Middle Flemish pac, attested from late 12c.), originally a term of wool traders in Flanders; or possibly from Old Norse pakki. All are of unknown origin.
Italian pacco is a Dutch loan word; French pacque probably is from Flemish. Meaning "set of persons" (usually of a low character) is c.1300, older than sense of "group of hunting animals" (early 15c.). Extended to collective sets of playing cards (1590s), floating ice (1791), cigarettes (1924), and submarines (1943). Meaning "knapsack on a frame" is attested from 1916. Pack of lies first attested 1763.

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Example sentences :

Sometimes he packed clumsily, and she was obliged to do his work over.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

This was good news; so after dinner we packed up and went over to the water.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

How carefully I packed my pipe, gazing serenely over the roofs of Paris.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

They could feel the flock huddling back, and the warmth of the packed fleeces.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

At night these animals have to be packed closely in an entrenched camp.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

This very snow-storm, which has spoiled my skating, was packed up there.
Extract from : « The Paradise of Children » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In the morning I packed her suitcase and handed it to the porter of her train.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Then one after the other the two tenders puffed away, packed from stem to stern.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

They were packed with people who were there to see Creon win.
Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall

It should be packed closely into the tub, and pressed down hard.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Synonyms for packed

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