- sardine⇄expr. packed like sardines, very much crowded.
Ex. We rode on the subway at rush hour, packed like sardines. - sardine⇄noun 1. a young or small, saltwater fish related to the herring, preserved in oil for food. Sardines are young pilchards.
2. any one of certain similar small fishes prepared in a similar way.
Ex. The 40-oddcanneries in Maine provide all the - sardine⇄sardine (1), noun, pl.-dinesor (collectively)-dine,verb, -dined,-dining.
- sardine⇄sardine (2), noun. sard.
- sardine⇄v.t. to pack closely; crowd.
Ex. Hundreds of thousands of people ... will be sardined into the famous amusement park area and on the littered beach (New York Times).