different between packed vs overladen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pækt/
• Homophone: pact

Verb

packed

1. simple past tense and past participle of pack

Adjective

packed (comparative more packed, superlative most packed)

1. Put into a package.

2. Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.
3. (colloquial) Filled to capacity with people.

Synonyms

• (filled to capacity with people): crowded, rammed; see also Thesaurus:compact

Translations

• Italian: al completo

Related terms

• packed lunch

Anagrams

• depack

English

Etymology 1

over- +? laden

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Adjective

overladen

1. Packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded.

   The tray was overladen with food.

   The trunk was overladen with clothes.

2. Burdened excessively.

   The student is overladen with homework.

   The first-time parents are overladen with new responsibility.

Synonyms

• overburdened
• overloaded
• overflowing
• overwhelmed
• brimming
• chock-full
• crammed
• crowded
• filled
• flooded
• inundated
• jammed
• jam-packed
• packed
• swamped

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Verb

overladen

1. past participle of overlade

Dutch

Etymology 1

From over +? laden.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?o?v?r?la?d?(n)/
• Hyphenation: over?la?den

Verb

overladen

1. to load goods from one vehicle to another, to transfer goods

Inflection

Etymology 2

From over- +? laden.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?o?v?r?la?d?(n)/
• Hyphenation: over?la?den
• Rhymes: -a?d?n

Verb

overladen

1. to load excessively, to pile up
2. to make/ become overladen
3. (figuratively) to feature excessively

Inflection