any material used especially to protect something
"The worker carefully placed bubble wrap around the fragile vase as packing before shipping it."
carrying something in a pack on the back
"the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"
The action of the verb.
"She spent the morning packing her suitcase for the trip."
The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
"She spent all morning packing her favorite clothes and toiletries into the suitcase before heading to the airport."
In plain English: Packing is the act of putting your belongings into boxes, bags, or suitcases so you can move them somewhere else.
"We finished packing our bags just in time for the train."
Usage: Use this noun to describe the specific act of preparing items like clothing and toiletries for travel or storage. It is often confused with "packaging," which refers to wrapping goods in boxes rather than organizing them for transport.
present participle of pack
"The movers are packing all our boxes into the truck before leaving for the new house."
In plain English: To pack means to put things inside a container so they are ready for storage or travel.
"She spent all morning packing her suitcase for the trip."
Packing comes from Middle English pakkynge, which was formed by adding the suffix -ing to the word for "to put things into a container." The term entered English with this same meaning of preparing items for transport or storage.