packed

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of pack

adj

1. Put into a package.

   “packed lunch”

2. Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.

   “packed with goodness”

   “[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”

   “A packed schedule of 13 different inquiries ranged from parking on pavements to filling potholes, plus a hard-hitting examination of the Government's proposed Airports National Policy Statement and its recommendation to grant approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow.”

3. (colloquial)Filled to capacity with people.

   “The bus was packed and I couldn't get on.”

   “On a steamy summer late afternoon the Luzhniki was once again packed. It is a vast space, with a roof that almost closes in on itself capturing the air like a superheated bubble.”

   “We picked up returning Millwall supporters at New Street, together with a couple of British Transport Police officers, and the train, an 11-car set, was now packed.”