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- [pak]
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- [pak]
- /pæk/
Definitions of pack word
- noun pack a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack. 1
- noun pack a definite quantity or standard measure of something wrapped up or otherwise assembled for merchandising (sometimes used in combination): a pack of cigarettes; a six-pack of beer. 1
- noun pack the quantity of something that is packaged, canned, or the like, at one time, in one season, etc.: last year's salmon pack. 1
- noun pack a group of people or things: a pack of fools; a pack of lies. 1
- noun pack a group of certain animals of the same kind, especially predatory ones: a pack of wolves. 1
- noun pack Hunting. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt. 1
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Origin of pack
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English pak, packe < Middle Dutch pac or perhaps Middle Low German pak; (v.) Middle English pakken < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German
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Parts of speech for Pack
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pack popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pack usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pack
noun pack
- accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
- accoutrements — all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
- all kinds of — You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
- amount — The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
- aplenty — If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
verb pack
- arm — Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
- baled — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baling — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
adj pack
- crawler — A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search.
- harrier — one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.
- infest — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
adjective pack
- worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
Antonyms for pack
verb pack
- husking — the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
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