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1. (noun) battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack
a large indefinite number
"a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"

2. (noun) pack
a complete collection of similar things

3. (noun) pack
a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

4. (noun) gang, pack, ring, mob
an association of criminals
"police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

5. (noun) clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

6. (noun) pack
a group of hunting animals

7. (noun) pack, face pack
a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

8. (noun) pack
a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

9. (verb) pack
a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

10. (verb) pack
arrange in a container
"pack the books into the boxes"

11. (verb) pack
fill to capacity
"This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house"

12. (verb) pack, bundle, wad, compact
compress into a wad
"wad paper into the box"

13. (verb) pack
carry, as on one's back
"Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"

14. (verb) pack
set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
"pack a jury"

15. (verb) carry, pack, take
have with oneself; have on one's person
"She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"

16. (verb) throng, mob, pack, pile, jam
press tightly together or cram
"The crowd packed the auditorium"

17. (verb) backpack, pack
hike with a backpack
"Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"

18. (verb) tamp down, tamp, pack
press down tightly
"tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

19. (verb) pack
seal with packing
"pack the faucet"

20. (verb) compact, pack
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
"This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"

21. (verb) pack, load down
load with a pack

22. (verb) 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"


Definitions of 'PACK' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) PACK
a pact

2. (noun) PACK
a bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods

3. (noun) PACK
a number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden

4. (noun) PACK
a number or quantity of connected or similar things

5. (noun) PACK
a full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack

6. (noun) PACK
a number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together

7. (noun) PACK
a number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves

8. (noun) PACK
a shook of cask staves

9. (noun) PACK
a bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously

10. (noun) PACK
a large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely

11. (noun) PACK
an envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment

12. (noun) PACK
a loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage

13. (noun) PACK
to make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish

14. (noun) PACK
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; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater

15. (noun) PACK
to sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly

16. (noun) PACK
hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes

17. (noun) PACK
to contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot

18. (noun) PACK
to load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse

19. (noun) PACK
to cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school

20. (noun) PACK
to transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts)

21. (noun) PACK
to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5

22. (noun) PACK
to render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine

23. (verb) PACK
to make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation

24. (verb) PACK
to admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well

25. (verb) PACK
to gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack

26. (verb) PACK
to depart in haste; -- generally with off or away

27. (verb) PACK
to unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion


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