Antonyms for pack
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pak |
| Phonetic Transcription : pæk |
Definition of pack
Origin :- "bundle," early 13c., probably from a Low German word (cf. Middle Dutch pac, pack "bundle," Middle Low German pak, Middle Flemish pac, attested from late 12c.), originally a term of wool traders in Flanders; or possibly from Old Norse pakki. All are of unknown origin.
- Italian pacco is a Dutch loan word; French pacque probably is from Flemish. Meaning "set of persons" (usually of a low character) is c.1300, older than sense of "group of hunting animals" (early 15c.). Extended to collective sets of playing cards (1590s), floating ice (1791), cigarettes (1924), and submarines (1943). Meaning "knapsack on a frame" is attested from 1916. Pack of lies first attested 1763.
- noun kit, package
- noun group, bunch
- verb make ready for transport
- verb fill, compact
- verb transport, carry
- When you pack your wardrobes put a few spring-beds in your trunk.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- There was only one thing to do—make up the pack as soon as possible and leave the place.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- And now I must pack up a few necessaries in my bag, and be off to Mr. Brunton's.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- The slave-hunter was sent for and came with his pack of dogs that same day about noon.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- The moment she was in her room, Amy began to pack a small carpet-bag.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Which is an additional inducement to pack him off to school.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- They are a pack of ignorant blockheads; you are suffering from the lungs.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- After him came the pack, animals, so that they could make a path for us.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- Daniel Claus had set up a pack of hounds, equal in breed to Sir William's.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- He learned of him how to play the dice, and a pack the cards—he paid him L1,000.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Synonyms for pack
- arrange
- assemblage
- backpack
- baggage
- bale
- band
- barrel
- batch
- bear
- bind
- brace
- buck
- bunch
- bundle
- burden
- charge
- chock
- choke
- circle
- collect
- collection
- company
- compress
- condense
- contract
- convey
- cram
- crew
- crowd
- deck
- dispose
- drive in
- drove
- equipment
- fasten
- ferry
- flock
- freight
- gang
- gather
- get ready
- great deal
- gun
- haul
- haversack
- heap
- heel
- herd
- horde
- hump
- insert
- jag
- jam
- jam-pack
- journey
- knapsack
- lade
- load
- lot
- lug
- luggage
- lump
- mess
- mob
- much
- multiplicity
- number
- outfit
- package
- parcel
- peck
- piggyback
- pile
- press
- push
- put away
- put in order
- ram
- ram in
- ride
- rucksack
- sardine
- set
- shlep
- shoulder
- squeeze
- store
- stow
- stuff
- swarm
- tamp
- throng
- thrust in
- tie
- top off
- tote
- trek
- troop
- truck
- truss
- warehouse
- wedge
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