pack

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To put things into a bag, box, or case, especially for travel or storage.

   Don't forget to pack the books into the boxes before we move.

2. 2
   verb

   To fill a place completely with people.

   The crowd packed the auditorium long before the show began.

3. 3
   noun

   A bundle of things tied together to be carried, especially on your back.

   The horses carried the heavy packs across the plain.

Common collocations

• pack a bag Verb + noun

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

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