Synonyms for packing away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pak |
| Phonetic Transcription : pæk |
Top 10 synonyms for packing away Other synonyms for the word packing away
- amass
- assemble
- bank
- bin
- binge
- bottle
- cache
- can
- collect
- cumulate
- eat like a horse
- feast
- garner
- gather
- gluttonize
- gorge
- gourmandize
- harvest
- hive
- hutch
- keep in reserve
- lay away
- lay up
- lock up
- mothball
- overindulge
- pack away
- pack it away
- park
- pig
- pig out
- plant
- put away
- put by
- put in storage
- put it away
- reap
- reserve
- roll up
- salt away
- save
- save for rainy day
- scarf
- sock away
- squirrel
- stash
- stock
- stock up
- stockpile
- store
- stuff one's face
- stuff oneself
- surfeit
- treasure
- victual
- warehouse
Définition of packing away
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.
- As in overeat : verb eat too much
- As in store : verb collect and put aside
- As in squirrel away : verb save up
- All day he has been gathering and packing away immense reserves.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London
- Even while I was packing away the eggs she showed no concern.
- Extract from : « Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) » by Arthur Cleveland Bent
- It had been a good season and from the new settlement of Montreal to Tadoussac, vessels were packing away the precious freight.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Quebec » by Amanda Millie Douglas
- She's up in that old garret toiling, and moiling, and packing away enough things to furnish an inn.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- Silo: a house or pit for packing away green food for winter use so as to exclude air and moisture.
- Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
- And after this there was the fun of washing up and packing away, in which Ted greatly distinguished himself.
- Extract from : « A Christmas Child » by Mrs. Molesworth
- Pretty soon we had Jim Buzzard cleaning fish, and packing away in a barrel, with a little sprinkling of salt.
- Extract from : « The Puddleford Papers, » by H. H. Riley
- During the remainder of the day Ross worked cleaning up the cabin and packing away their winter supplies.
- Extract from : « Ross Grant Tenderfoot » by John Garland
- Inside the hut the two men were packing away the stuff they must leave behind.
- Extract from : « In the Brooding Wild » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The work of classification, of indexing, of packing away, must be endless.
- Extract from : « In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays » by Augustine Birrell
Antonyms for packing away
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