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Pack

noun

1.

A large indefinite number. Synonyms: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality. "A multitude of TV antennas" , "A plurality of religions"

2.

A complete collection of similar things.

3.

A convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film).

4.

An association of criminals. Synonyms: gang, mob, ring. "A pack of thieves"

5.

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle.

6.

A group of hunting animals.

7.

A cream that cleanses and tones the skin. Synonym: face pack.

8.

A sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect.

9.

A bundle (especially one carried on the back).

verb

(past & past part. packed; pres. part. packing)

1.

Arrange in a container.

2.

Fill to capacity. "The murder trial packed the court house"

3.

Compress into a wad. Synonyms: bundle, compact, wad.

4.

Carry, as on one's back.

5.

Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome.

6.

Have with oneself; have on one's person. Synonyms: carry, take. "I always carry money" , "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"

7.

Press tightly together or cram. Synonyms: jam, mob, pile, throng.

8.

Hike with a backpack. Synonym: backpack.

9.

Press down tightly. Synonyms: tamp, tamp down.

10.

Seal with packing.

11.

Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily. Synonym: compact. "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"

12.

Load with a pack. Synonym: load down.

13.

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"

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"Pack" Quotes from Famous Books

... its weary road, meeting cold looks and unwilling welcomes, as both host and comrade grow weary of the same face, and the spendthrift heart has no longer quip or smile wherewith to pay the reckoning? No, no: let the poor pedler shuffle off his dull pack, and fall asleep. But I am glad you are come: I would sooner have one of your kind looks at your uncle's stale saws or jests than all the long faces about me, saving only the presence of your mother;" and with his characteristic gallantry, my uncle ...

— Devereux, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... queer it is that such a condition should exist in Millville—a little forgotten spot in the very heart of civilization and the last place where one might expect excitement of this sort. But I won't be cowed; I won't be driven or bullied by a pack of foreign hounds, I assure you! If Skeelty can't ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation • Edith Van Dyne

... nobleman; 'e rides a motor-car, 'E is not forced to 'ump a pack, as we footsloggers are; 'E drives 'is lorry through the towns and 'alts for fags and beer; We infantry, we does without, there ain't no shops up 'ere; And then for splashin' us with mud 'e draws six bob a day, For the further away from the line you go the 'igher your ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 25, 1917 • Various

... the way, I let Mr. Browne and his companion go a-head; and making a sort of pack-saddle of the old hide, I curled myself up on the back of the old mare, and left her to her own pace, which, however, was a pretty round trot, until we reached the outskirts of the town, where, dismounting, I thanked my companions, very insincerely I'm afraid, for my evening's ...

— Life in the Clearings versus the Bush • Susanna Moodie

... In our house Where other tailors live," said he, "And not a Jack Among the pack Would dare to do the like; pardie! Therefore, I'm going out to try If there be greater men that I; Or in the land As bold a hand At wielding brand ...

— Pepper & Salt - or, Seasoning for Young Folk • Howard Pyle

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