packing

Meanings

Plural: packings

Noun

• any material used especially to protect something
• the enclosure of something in a package or box
• carrying something in a pack on the back
  • "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"
• The action of the verb.
• The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
• The action of the verb.
• The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
• The action of the verb.
• The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
• The action of the verb.
• The forming of players into a scrum.
• As a concrete noun.
• Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
• As a concrete noun.
• Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
• As a concrete noun.
• A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
• As a concrete noun.
• Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
• Clipping of meatpacking.

Verb

• arrange in a container
• fill to capacity
• compress into a wad
• carry, as on one's back
• set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
• have with oneself; have on one's person
• press tightly together or cram
• hike with a backpack
  • "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"
• press down tightly
• seal with packing
• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
• load with a pack
• 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
• present participle and gerund of pack

Adj

• Having a large penis.

Synonyms

backpack, backpacking, boxing, bundle, carry, compact, jam, load down, mob, pack, packing material, pile, take, tamp, tamp down, throng, wad, wadding

Antonyms

unpack

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