Definition of pack

"pack" in the noun sense

1. battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack

a large indefinite number

"a battalion of ants"

"a multitude of TV antennas"

"a plurality of religions"

2. pack

a complete collection of similar things

3. pack

a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

4. gang, pack, ring, mob

an association of criminals

"police tried to break up the gang"

"a pack of thieves"

5. clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

6. pack

a group of hunting animals

7. pack, face pack

a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

8. pack

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

9. pack

a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

"pack" in the verb sense

1. pack

arrange in a container

"pack the books into the boxes"

2. pack

fill to capacity

"This singer always packs the concert halls"

"The murder trial packed the court house"

3. pack, bundle, wad, compact

compress into a wad

"wad paper into the box"

4. pack

carry, as on one's back

"Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"

5. pack

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

"pack a jury"

6. 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"

7. throng, mob, pack, pile, jam

press tightly together or cram

"The crowd packed the auditorium"

8. backpack, pack

hike with a backpack

"Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"

9. tamp down, tamp, pack

press down tightly

"tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

10. pack

seal with packing

"pack the faucet"

11. compact, pack

have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

"This powder compacts easily"

"Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"

12. pack, load down

load with a pack

13. 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"

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Quotations for pack

A small pack becomes a small pedlar. [ Proverb ]

Let every pedlar carry his own pack. [ Proverb ]

He skips like hail on a pack-saddle. [ Proverb ]

Every horse thinks his own pack heaviest. [ Proverb ]

That, sir, which serves and seeks for gain,
And follows but for form,
Will pack, when it begins to rain,
And leave thee in a storm. [ William Shakespeare ]

It becomes her as a pack-saddle would a sow. [ Proverb ]

Many can pack the cards better than they can play. [ Proverb ]

The slaves of custom and established mode,
With pack-horse constancy, we keep the road
Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells,
True to the jingling of our leader's bells. [ Cowper ]

He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack,
For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle them back. [ Goldsmith ]

The fault of the ass must not be laid on the pack-saddle. [ Proverb ]

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back. [ Haliburton ]

Since he cannot be revenged on the ass, he falls upon the pack-saddle. [ Proverb ]

An ass cover'd with gold is more respected, than a good horse with a pack-saddle. [ Proverb ]

It's sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

I pack my troubles in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others. [ Southey ]

Learning the liberal arts and sciences thoroughly, softens men's manners, and prevents their being a pack of brutes. [ Ovid ]

Relations are simply a tedious pack of people who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die. [ Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest ]

pack in Scrabble®

The word pack is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters pack:

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pack in Words With Friends™

The word pack is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters pack:

PACK
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Words within the letters of pack

2 letter words in pack (1 word)

3 letter words in pack (1 word)

4 letter words in pack (1 word)

pack + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence pack

Word Growth involving pack

Shorter words in pack

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Longer words containing pack

backpack backpacked

backpack backpacker backpackers

backpack backpacking

backpack backpacks

closepack closepacked

closepack closepacking

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packframe packframes

packhorse packhorses

packhouse packhouses

packing backpacking

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packless

packmaker packmakers

packmaking

packman

packmen

packrat packrats

packs backpacks

packs closepacks

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packs hardpacks

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unpack unpackable

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woolpack woolpacks