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| n. (quantity) | 1. battalion, large number, multitude, pack, plurality | a large indefinite number.; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| n. (group) | 2. pack | a complete collection of similar things. |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ disc pack, disk pack | (computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device. |
| ~ deck of cards, pack of cards, deck | a pack of 52 playing cards. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. pack | a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film). |
| ~ parcel, package | a wrapped container. |
| n. (group) | 4. gang, mob, pack, ring | an association of criminals.; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ nest | a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality.; "a nest of thieves" |
| ~ youth gang | a gang whose members are teenagers. |
| ~ gangdom, gangland, organized crime | underworld organizations. |
| ~ gangster, mobster | a criminal who is a member of gang. |
| n. (group) | 5. camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. |
| ~ band, circle, lot, set | an unofficial association of people or groups.; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" |
| ~ bloomsbury group | an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles. |
| ~ bohemia | a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style. |
| ~ brain trust, kitchen cabinet | an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government. |
| ~ loop | an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan).; "he's no longer in the loop" |
| ~ cabal, camarilla, faction, junto | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue. |
| ~ junta, military junta | a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power. |
| ~ maffia, mafia | any tightly knit group of trusted associates. |
| ~ faction, sect | a dissenting clique. |
| ~ galere, rogue's gallery | a coterie of undesirable people. |
| ~ hard core | the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement. |
| n. (group) | 6. pack | a group of hunting animals. |
| ~ canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog | a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds.; "the dog barked all night" |
| ~ hound, hound dog | any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears. |
| ~ animal group | a group of animals. |
| ~ wolf pack | a group of wolves hunting together. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. face pack, pack | a cream that cleanses and tones the skin. |
| ~ corrective, restorative | a device for treating injury or disease. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. pack | a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect. |
| ~ corrective, restorative | a device for treating injury or disease. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. pack | a bundle (especially one carried on the back). |
| ~ sheaf, bundle | a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing. |
| v. (contact) | 10. pack | arrange in a container.; "pack the books into the boxes" |
| ~ containerise, containerize | package in a container.; "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping" |
| ~ bag | put into a bag.; "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries" |
| ~ encase, incase, case | enclose in, or as if in, a case.; "my feet were encased in mud" |
| ~ bundle, bundle up, roll up | make into a bundle.; "he bundled up his few possessions" |
| ~ stow | fill by packing tightly.; "stow the cart" |
| v. (motion) | 11. pack | fill to capacity.; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| ~ jam, mob, throng, pile, pack | press tightly together or cram.; "The crowd packed the auditorium" |
| v. (contact) | 12. bundle, compact, pack, wad | compress into a wad.; "wad paper into the box" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ compact, pack | have the property of being packable or of compacting easily.; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" |
| ~ puddle | work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud. |
| v. (contact) | 13. pack | carry, as on one's back.; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| v. (social) | 14. pack | set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome.; "pack a jury" |
| ~ appoint, constitute, name, nominate | create and charge with a task or function.; "nominate a committee" |
| v. (stative) | 15. carry, pack, take | have with oneself; have on one's person.; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ carry | have or possess something abstract.; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance" |
| v. (motion) | 16. jam, mob, pack, pile, throng | press tightly together or cram.; "The crowd packed the auditorium" |
| ~ crowd together, crowd | to gather together in large numbers.; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" |
| v. (motion) | 17. backpack, pack | hike with a backpack.; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ pack | carry, as on one's back.; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ hike | walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise.; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies" |
| v. (contact) | 18. pack, tamp, tamp down | press down tightly.; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" |
| ~ compress, pack together, compact | make more compact by or as if by pressing.; "compress the data" |
| v. (contact) | 19. pack | seal with packing.; "pack the faucet" |
| ~ seal, seal off | make tight; secure against leakage.; "seal the windows" |
| v. (contact) | 20. compact, pack | have the property of being packable or of compacting easily.; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" |
| ~ wad, compact, bundle, pack | compress into a wad.; "wad paper into the box" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (contact) | 21. load down, pack | load with a pack. |
| ~ load, load up, lade, laden | fill or place a load on.; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" |
| v. (body) | 22. pack | 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" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| packet | | |
| n. (group) | 1. bundle, package, packet, parcel | a collection of things wrapped or boxed together. |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ wisp | a small bundle of straw or hay. |
| n. (communication) | 2. packet | (computer science) a message or message fragment. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ message | a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled.; "he sent a three-word message" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. packet | a small package or bundle. |
| ~ deck | street name for a packet of illegal drugs. |
| ~ parcel, package | a wrapped container. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. mail boat, mailboat, packet, packet boat | a boat for carrying mail. |
| ~ boat | a small vessel for travel on water. |
| parcel | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. package, parcel | a wrapped container. |
| ~ sheaf, bundle | a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing. |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
| ~ pack | a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film). |
| ~ packet | a small package or bundle. |
| n. (act) | 2. parcel, portion, share | the allotment of some amount by dividing something.; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians" |
| ~ apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling, allocation, allotment, assignation | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" |
| n. (location) | 3. parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | an extended area of land. |
| ~ baseball diamond, infield, diamond | the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate. |
| ~ center field, centerfield, center | the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher.; "he hit the ball to deep center" |
| ~ left field, leftfield, left | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left.; "the batter flied out to left" |
| ~ outfield | the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases. |
| ~ right field, rightfield, right | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right. |
| ~ short | the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed. |
| ~ railway yard, railyard, yard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines. |
| ~ desert | arid land with little or no vegetation. |
| ~ oasis | a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface). |
| ~ battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field, field of honor | a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought.; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" |
| ~ minefield | a region in which explosives mines have been placed. |
| ~ breeding ground | a place where animals breed. |
| ~ clearing, glade | a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area. |
| ~ field | a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed.; "he planted a field of wheat" |
| ~ field of fire | the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position. |
| ~ grounds | a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.). |
| ~ athletic field, playing area, playing field, field | a piece of land prepared for playing a game.; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field" |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ industrial park | a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories. |
| ~ grassland | land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life. |
| ~ mud flat | a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide. |
| ~ parade ground | an area for holding parades. |
| ~ fairground | an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses. |
| ~ midway | the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located. |
| ~ fairway | a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement. |
| ~ park, parkland | a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park" |
| ~ common, commons, green, park | a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.; "they went for a walk in the park" |
| ~ picnic area, picnic ground | a tract of land set aside for picnicking. |
| ~ public square, square | an open area at the meeting of two or more streets. |
| ~ toll plaza | an area where tollbooths are located. |
| ~ range | a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze.; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range" |
| ~ sector | a portion of a military position. |
| ~ land site, site | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).; "a good site for the school" |
| ~ subdivision | an area composed of subdivided lots. |
| ~ mine field | a tract of land containing explosive mines. |
| ~ terrain | a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential.; "they decided to attack across the rocky terrain" |
| ~ plot of ground, plot of land, patch, plot | a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" |
| ~ lot | a parcel of land having fixed boundaries.; "he bought a lot on the lake" |
| ~ yard | a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings).; "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town" |
| ~ yard | a tract of land where logs are accumulated. |
| v. (social) | 4. parcel | divide into parts.; "The developers parceled the land" |
| ~ carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate | separate into parts or portions.; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
| v. (contact) | 5. parcel | cover with strips of canvas.; "parcel rope" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 6. parcel | make into a wrapped container. |
| ~ wrap, wrap up | arrange or fold as a cover or protection.; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" |
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