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PACKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carrying something in a pack on the back
Example:
the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("packing" is a kind of...):
carry (the act of carrying something)
Derivation:
pack (carry, as on one's back)
pack (hike with a backpack)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The enclosure of something in a package or box
Synonyms:
boxing; packing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("packing" is a kind of...):
enclosing; enclosure; envelopment; inclosure (the act of enclosing something inside something else)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packing"):
bundling (the act of binding something into a bundle)
Derivation:
pack (arrange in a container)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any material used especially to protect something
Synonyms:
packing; packing material; wadding
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("packing" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packing"):
cardboard; composition board (a stiff moderately thick paper)
excelsior; wood shavings (thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing)
Derivation:
pack (compress into a wad)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb pack
Context examples:
Catherine had not loitered; she was almost dressed, and her packing almost finished.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Mrs. Strong had declined to play, on the ground of not feeling very well; and her cousin Maldon had excused himself because he had some packing to do.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A process of progressive and tight packing of dispersed replicated interphase chromatin into compact structures in metaphase prior to mitotic or meiotic nuclear division or during apoptosis in eukaryotic cells.
(Chromosome Condensation, NCI Thesaurus)
The safe was ajar, and Holmes standing in front of it was removing dossier after dossier, swiftly examining each, and then packing it neatly in Von Bork’s valise.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I do think it was the most fortunate thing in the world that those children should have the measles just now, said Meg, one April day, as she stood packing the 'go abroady' trunk in her room, surrounded by her sisters.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The very last evening was spent there; and her ladyship again inquired minutely into the particulars of their journey, gave them directions as to the best method of packing, and was so urgent on the necessity of placing gowns in the only right way, that Maria thought herself obliged, on her return, to undo all the work of the morning, and pack her trunk afresh.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend’s quarters; and he eyed the dingy, windowless structure with curiosity, and gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre, once crowded with eager students and now lying gaunt and silent, the tables laden with chemical apparatus, the floor strewn with crates and littered with packing straw, and the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
An adverse event for which only minimal, local, or noninvasive intervention (e.g. packing, cautery) is indicated; or that limits instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs, e.g., shopping, laundry, transportation, or ability to conduct finances).
(Moderate Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)
Almost unconsciously she had now undone the parcel he had just put into her hand, and seeing before her, in all the niceness of jewellers' packing, a plain gold chain, perfectly simple and neat, she could not help bursting forth again, Oh, this is beautiful indeed!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
He remembered afterwards that his packing had preceded the master's disappearance; but at the time he suspected nothing.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
