1. Any material used especially to protect something
   "They used bubble wrap as packing material for the fragile items";
   - packing material, wadding
    
2. The enclosure of something in a package or box
   "The careful packing of the fragile items ensured their safe arrival";
   - boxing
    
3. Carrying something in a pack on the back
   "the packing of oxygen is essential for astronauts";
   - backpacking
    
4. The packaging and shipping of goods to a customer; the cost of this
   "The company charges extra for handling and packing";
   - handling

1. Arrange in a container
   "pack the books into the boxes"
    
2. Fill to capacity
   "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house"
    
3. Press tightly together or cram
   "The crowd packed the auditorium";
   - throng, mob, pile, jam
    
4. Compress into a wad
   "pack paper into the box";
   - bundle, wad, compact
    
5. Carry, as on one's back
   "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"
    
6. Load with a pack
   "The hikers packed their backpacks with supplies for the long trek";
   - load down
    
7. Press down to compact something
   "pack the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso";
   - tamp down, tamp
    
8. Seal with packing
   "pack the faucet"
    
9. Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
   "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well";
   - compact
    
10. Have with oneself; have on one's person
    "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains";
    - carry, take
     
11. (sport) hike with a backpack
    "They packed through the wilderness for a week";
    - backpack
     
12. Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
    "pack a jury"
     
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
    "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"

Derived forms: packings

See also: bundle off

Type of: appoint, arrange, be, bushwalking [Austral, NZ], care for, carry, case, compact, compress, constitute, crowd, crowd together, encase, enclosing, enclosure, envelopment, feature, fill, fill up, have, hike, hiking, incase [rare], inclosure, lade [archaic], laden, load, load up, material, name, nominate, pack together, rambling [Brit], seal, seal off, set up, stuff, transport, treat, walking [Brit]

Antonym: take out

Encyclopedia: Packing