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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packed
adj
  1. filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"
    Synonym(s): jammed, jam-packed, packed
  2. pressed together or compressed; "packed snow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pack \Pack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw.
      packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.]
      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.
  
                     Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are
                     packed.                                             --Shak.
  
      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.
  
      3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure
            the game unfairly.
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