pack
arrange in a container
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,824 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,871 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- arrange in a container pack the books into the boxes
- fill to capacity This singer always packs the concert hallsThe murder trial packed the court house
- compress into a wad also: bundle, wad, compact wad paper into the box
- carry, as on one's back Pack your tents to the top of the mountain
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome pack a jury
- have with oneself; have on one's person also: carry, take She always takes an umbrellaI always carry money
pack in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Mightn’t be able to prove it to a pack of lawyers.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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After all, it's awful rot, and only fit for a pack of girls!
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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Nearer and nearer came the pack, their red tongues lolling from their black throats.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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The day that the Baron and the Baroness de Thaller had left, “Pack up our trunks,” he ordered his wife.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He tossed out the cards, carefully inclining their faces downward, and returned the remainder of the pack softly to the table.
Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman · Will Lillibridge · Chapter 1