to pack together
2
3.0
- phrasal verb
- /pæk təˈɡɛðər/
:
compactar
- And there are dozens of those trees, packed together.
So if you imagine looking at your cortex from above, you would see like little circles or something like that all packed together.
- So if you imagine looking at your cortex from above, you would see like little circles or something like that all packed together.
Examples
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I peeked into a darkened bedroom where several children slept packed together in one big bed.
Fiction book (1999) -
I live on a small street of some twenty houses, all packed together.
Academic text (1993) -
Whenever people are packed together so tightly, it seems like the gaps are wider.
Fiction book (1996) -
The engraving shows more of this mass of soldiers packed together so tightly.
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Water flows out of every escape tunnel the workers try, and the crowd is becoming more and more closely packed together as the waters rise around them.
Fiction book (1998) -
The houses of Çatalhöyük were so tightly packed together that there were few or no streets.
Academic text (2006) -
Outlined against the background of dark green was a dense concentration of white pelicans; hundreds upon thousands of them packed together, standing, sitting, lying on tussocky nests of floating reeds.
Fiction book (1990) -
As expected, Hansen's first geomagnetic surveys of Pietrele showed a knot of 25 houses atop the tell, packed together with just a few feet between each dwelling.
Academic text (2011) -
The children were all packed together in the backseat of the car for the long road trip.
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In the crowded subway, commuters were packed together like a can of sardines.
Synonyms
278
2.3
To press things together so they take less space
243
2.0
To fill something tightly with things
94
3.7
To press something so it takes less space
57
5.8
Pack things tightly into a small space to save room
48
3.5
To fold something so it takes less space
25
3.4
Fold or turn something so it becomes a tight round shape
18
2.5
To push something down with force to make it flat or close it
16
4.3
Fold or pull cloth so it takes up less space
14
7.0
To press or pack something down tightly
11
4.4
To press something so it becomes smaller and takes less space
8
3.3
To gather closely into a tight group
6
3.0
Bend something, like a map or blanket, so it becomes small for storage
5
3.1
To move or bring close together to form a small group
5
7.8
To press people or things together into a small space
3
6.7
To make material into a large tightly bound bundle for storage
1
4.1
To press something so it becomes wrinkled, for example paper or your face
1
5.3
Press something down firmly to make it more compact
1
6.3
To push people or things tightly into a small space
To press people or things together so they fit in a small space
To press and tie plant material like straw or hay into large tight bundles for storage
To slide parts together so they fit inside one another
To make data smaller for storing or sending by removing extra parts
Antonyms
How Compact
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to make something more compact by pressing parts closer together' is directly and transparently composed from 'pack' (to press or compact) plus 'together' (in close proximity). This is a regular verb + particle/adverb construction common in English (and mirrored in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pack together comes from the simple picture of pushing things close so they fill a space, like snow pressed into a snowball or clothes squeezed into one suitcase. That's why pack + together means 'to make something smaller by pushing its parts closer'.