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Packing

noun

1.

Any material used especially to protect something. Synonyms: packing material, wadding.

2.

The enclosure of something in a package or box. Synonym: boxing.

3.

Carrying something in a pack on the back. Synonym: backpacking.

Pack

verb

(past & past part. packed; pres. part. packing)

1.

Arrange in a container.

2.

Fill to capacity. "The murder trial packed the court house"

3.

Compress into a wad. Synonyms: bundle, compact, wad.

4.

Carry, as on one's back.

5.

Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome.

6.

Have with oneself; have on one's person. Synonyms: carry, take. "I always carry money" , "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"

7.

Press tightly together or cram. Synonyms: jam, mob, pile, throng.

8.

Hike with a backpack. Synonym: backpack.

9.

Press down tightly. Synonyms: tamp, tamp down.

10.

Seal with packing.

11.

Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily. Synonym: compact. "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"

12.

Load with a pack. Synonym: load down.

13.

Treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood. "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"

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"Packing" Quotes from Famous Books

... Norah," said Miss Terry, holding open the door for her servant, who was gasping under the weight of a packing-case. "Set it down on the rug by the fire-place. I am going to look it over and burn ...

— The Christmas Angel • Abbie Farwell Brown

... overcoat demands a battle. He held in horror those salons where there is no conversation, where no one is acquainted, where, because of the hubbub of the crowd or the stifling silence attending a concert, one cannot exchange either ideas or phrases, not even a furtive handshake, because of the packing and crushing of the guests. It was a miracle that he had just been able to exchange a few words with Mademoiselle Kayser and Ramel. The vulgarity of the place had at once impressed him,—the more so because he was the object of attraction ...

— His Excellency the Minister • Jules Claretie

... with his packing. In half an hour his arrangements were completed. Then Talbot went to one of the front rooms of the house, and, looking from the window, saw a man talking with the driver of his coupe. It was an officer. Mr. Belcher ...

— Sevenoaks • J. G. Holland

... by the enemy? Salute your superior officers and then state your case. Discipline must be preserved at all costs in the army. Is it a requisition for new uniforms? You soldiers are dreadfully hard on your clothes. Or is the post about to move and is that a packing case?" ...

— Marjorie Dean High School Freshman • Pauline Lester

... early in the morning. Jan finished most of her packing before she undressed; then, tired and excited, she could not sleep. A large cockroach scuttling about her cabin did not tend to calm her nerves. She plentifully besprinkled the floor with powdered borax, kept the electric light turned on and the fan whirring, ...

— Jan and Her Job • L. Allen Harker

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