Definition of
Pack
- (noun, artifact) a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- (noun, artifact) a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- (noun, artifact) a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- (noun, artifact) a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- (noun, group) a complete collection of similar things
- (noun, group) a group of hunting animals
- (noun, group) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- (noun, group) an association of criminals
a pack of thieves - (noun, quantity) a large indefinite number
a multitude of TV antennas
a plurality of religions - (verb, body) treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice - (verb, contact) carry, as on one's back
- (verb, contact) arrange in a container
- (verb, contact) load with a pack
- (verb, contact) compress into a wad
- (verb, contact) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
Such odd-shaped items do not pack well - (verb, contact) seal with packing
- (verb, contact) press down tightly
- (verb, motion) hike with a backpack
- (verb, motion) press tightly together or cram
- (verb, motion) fill to capacity
The murder trial packed the court house - (verb, social) set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
- (verb, stative) have with oneself; have on one's person
I always carry money
She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
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Synonyms of Pack
backpack, battalion, bundle, camp, carry, clique, compact, coterie, face pack, gang, ingroup, inner circle, jam, large number, load down, mob, multitude, pile, plurality, ring, take, tamp, tamp down, throng, wad
Antonyms of Pack
Alternate forms of Pack
Derivations: pack, package, packer, packing
Hyponyms: bag, bloomsbury group, bohemia, brain trust, bundle, bundle up, cabal, camarilla, containerise, containerize, deck, deck of cards, disc pack, disk pack, faction, galere, hard core, junta, junto, kitchen cabinet, loop, maffia, mafia, military junta, nest, pack of cards, puddle, rogue's gallery, roll up, sect, stow, wolf pack, youth gang
Hypernyms: accumulation, aggregation, animal group, appoint, arrange, assemblage, association, band, be, bundle, care for, carry, case, circle, collection, compact, compress, constitute, corrective, crowd, crowd together, encase, feature, fill, fill up, have, hike, incase, lade, laden, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, load, load up, lot, make full, name, nominate, pack together, package, parcel, restorative, seal, seal off, set, set up, sheaf, transport, treat
Origin of the word Pack
- "bundle," early 13c., probably from a Low Ger. word (cf. M.Du. pac, pack "bundle," M.L.G. pak, M.Flem. pac, attested from 1199), originally a term of wool traders in Flanders; or possibly from O.N. pakki, all of unknown origin. Italian pacco is a Du. loan word. Meaning "set of persons" (usually of a low character" is c.1300, older than sense o… more
- c.1300, "to put together in a pack," from pack (n.), possibly influenced by Anglo-Fr. empaker (1294) and M.L. paccare "pack." Some senses suggesting "make secret arrangement" are from an Elizabethan mispronunciation of pact. Sense of "to carry or convey in a pack" (1805) led to general sense of "to carry in any manner;" hence to pack heat "carry a gu… more
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