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
• 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)
• plural of pack

Verb

• arrange in a container
• fill to capacity
  • "This singer always packs the concert halls"
• compress into a wad
• carry, as on one's back
• set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
• have with oneself; have on one's person
  • "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
• press tightly together or cram
• hike with a backpack
• press down tightly
• seal with packing
• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
• 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
• third-person singular simple present indicative of pack

Synonyms

backpack, battalion, bundle, camp, carry, clique, compact, coterie, face pack, gang, ingroup, inner circle, jam, large number, load down, mob, multitude, pack, pile, plurality, ring, take, tamp, tamp down, throng, wad

Antonyms

unpack