[sɑːˈdiːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a young pilchard or other young or small herring-like fish

- a children's game based on hide-and-seek, in which one child hides and the other children, as they find the hider, join him or her in the hiding place until just one child remains


Phrases:
- packed like sardines

Origin:
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin sardina, from sarda, from Greek, probably from Sardō ‘Sardinia’

[sɑːˈdiːn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pack closely together
(e.g: we sardined our dismantled bikes into the boot)


Phrases:
- packed like sardines

Origin:
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin sardina, from sarda, from Greek, probably from Sardō ‘Sardinia’

[ˈsɑːdʌɪn], (Noun)

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Origin:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek sardinos, variant of sardios (see sardius)