pack

Plural: packs

Noun

a large indefinite number
a complete collection of similar things
a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
an association of criminals
- "a pack of thieves"
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
a group of hunting animals
a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
A multitude.
A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
A full set of playing cards
The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
A flock of knots.
A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
A group of Cub Scouts.
A shook of cask staves.
A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
A package of cigarettes.

Verb

Verb Forms: packed, packing, packs

To place items into a container for transport or storage.
arrange in a container
- "pack the books into the boxes"
fill to capacity
- "This singer always packs the concert halls"
- "The murder trial packed the court house"
compress into a wad
carry, as on one's back
- "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"
set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
- "pack a jury"
have with oneself; have on one's person
- "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
press tightly together or cram
- "The crowd packed the auditorium"
hike with a backpack
- "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"
press down tightly
seal with packing
- "pack the faucet"
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
load with a pack
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
- "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"
- "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
To cheat.
To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
To cheat.
To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
To cheat.
To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
To cheat.
To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
To load with a pack.
To load; to encumber.
To move, send or carry.
To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
To move, send or carry.
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
To move, send or carry.
To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
To move, send or carry.
To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
To move, send or carry.
To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
To move, send or carry.
To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
To block a shot, especially in basketball.
To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.

Examples

a pack of complaints
a pack of lies
a pack of thieves
A: What was he packing? B: He was packing an M1911 with a custom large-capacity magazine.
Always PACK your best two-letter words in your strategic memory for quick Words With Friends plays.
cut the pack
packing heat
The captain had to take a man out of the pack to replace the injured fullback.
The doctor gave Kelly some sulfa pills and packed his arm in hot-water bags.
the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well
the grouse or the perch begin to pack
The horses carried the packs across the plain.
The ship had to sail round the pack of ice.
to pack a boy off to school
to pack a horse
to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine; pack someone's arm with ice.
to pack a jury
to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater
to pack goods in a box; to pack fish
We were going to play cards, but nobody brought a pack.
Wow, get a load of him — he's packing.
“Carlo, I told you that three packs a day would kill you long before I was gone.”

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”).
Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

Synonyms

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, deck, stack

Antonyms

unpack

Scrabble Score: 12

pack: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pack: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pack: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pack: valid Words With Friends Word