pack
pack is a 4-letter English word with 49 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pact. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A pact.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
- noun. A number or quantity of connected or similar things
- noun. A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
- noun. A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- noun. A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
- noun. A shook of cask staves.
- noun. A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- noun. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- noun. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- noun. A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- noun. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
- noun. To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
- noun. 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.
- intransitive verb. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
- intransitive verb. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
- intransitive verb. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
- noun. a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- noun. a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- noun. a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- noun. a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- noun. a complete collection of similar things
- noun. a group of hunting animals
- noun. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- noun. an association of criminals
"police tried to break up the gang"
"a pack of thieves"
- noun. a large indefinite number
"a battalion of ants"
"a multitude of TV antennas"
- verb. 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"
- verb. carry, as on one's back
"Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"
- verb. arrange in a container
"pack the books into the boxes"
- verb. load with a pack
- verb. compress into a wad
"wad paper into the box"
- verb. have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
"This powder compacts easily"
"Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
- verb. seal with packing
"pack the faucet"
- verb. press down tightly
"tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
- verb. hike with a backpack
"Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"
- verb. press tightly together or cram
"The crowd packed the auditorium"
- verb. fill to capacity
"This singer always packs the concert halls"
"The murder trial packed the court house"
- verb. set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
"pack a jury"
- verb. have with oneself; have on one's person
"She always takes an umbrella"
"I always carry money"
Synonyms
camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, gang, mob, ring, battalion, multitude, plurality, bundle, compact, wad, tamp, backpack, jam, pile, throng, carry, take
Common word forms
packs, packed, packer, packly, packing, packable, packless, packness
Words from these letters
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