pack down



pack down

[for something] to settle down in a container. The cereal has packed down in the box so that it seems that the box is only half full. Everything was packed down carefully inside.
See also: down, pack

pack something down

to make something more compact; to press something in a container down so it takes less space. The traffic packed down the snow. Pack the grass down in the basket so the basket will hold more.
See also: down, pack

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Taichitah-ee-cheeJapanese
Zahia-Arabic
Warinhari-Ancient Germanic
AfËRditaah-fər-DEET-ahAlbanian
Callixtus-Late Roman
Gage[geidʒ]