1. Arrange in a container
   "pack the books into the boxes"
    
2. Fill to capacity
   "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house"
    
3. Press tightly together or cram
   "The crowd packed the auditorium";
   - throng, mob, pile, jam
    
4. Compress into a wad
   "pack paper into the box";
   - bundle, wad, compact
    
5. Carry, as on one's back
   "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"
    
6. Load with a pack
   "The hikers packed their backpacks with supplies for the long trek";
   - load down
    
7. Press down to compact something
   "pack the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso";
   - tamp down, tamp
    
8. Seal with packing
   "pack the faucet"
    
9. Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
   "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well";
   - compact
    
10. Have with oneself; have on one's person
    "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains";
    - carry, take
     
11. (sport) hike with a backpack
    "They packed through the wilderness for a week";
    - backpack
     
12. Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
    "pack a jury"
     
13. 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"

1. A convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
   "He bought a pack of gum at the convenience store"
    
2. A bundle (especially one carried on the back)
   "The hiker adjusted his heavy pack before setting off on the trail"
    
3. A complete collection of similar things
   "He bought a pack of cards for game night"
    
4. [Brit] A pack of 52 playing cards
   "He shuffled the pack before dealing";
   - pack of cards, deck of cards, deck
    
5. A group of hunting animals
   "A pack of wolves howled in the distance"
    
6. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
   "The popular girls formed a pack in high school";
   - clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp
    
7. An association of criminals
   "a pack of thieves";
   - gang, ring, mob
    
8. A cream that cleanses and tones the skin
   "She applied a soothing face pack to rejuvenate her skin after a long day";
   - face pack
    
9. A sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
   "The doctor recommended applying a cold pack to reduce the swelling"
    
10. A large indefinite quantity
    "a pack of ants";
    - battalion, large number, multitude, plurality

Derived forms: packing, packs, packed

See also: bundle off

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, animal group, appoint, arrange, assemblage, association, band, be, bundle, care for, carry, case, circle, collection, compact, compress, constitute, corrective, crowd, crowd together, encase, feature, fill, fill up, have, hike, incase [rare], lade [archaic], laden, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, load, load up, lot, name, nominate, pack together, package, parcel, restorative, seal, seal off, set, set up, sheaf, transport, treat

Antonym: take out

Part of: gangdom, gangland, organised crime [Brit], organized crime

Encyclopedia: Pack, John