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Definition of Pack together
1. Verb. Make more compact by or as if by pressing. "Compress the data"
Entails: Press
Generic synonyms: Force, Squeeze, Wedge
Specialized synonyms: Pack, Tamp, Tamp Down
Derivative terms: Compaction, Compressing, Compression
Antonyms: Decompress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pack Together
Literary usage of Pack together
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1919)
"The fact that when these substances crystallize, their atoms do not pack together
in simple cubic arrangement, is due rather to the nature of the forces ..."
2. The Chemistry of Paper-making: Together with the Principles of General by Russell B. Griffin, Arthur Dehon Little (1894)
"... lumps of stone are continually eaten away, and being pressed upon by the stone
above may pack together and clog the tower as the upper stone falls down. ..."
3. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1841)
"From their meetings with their witches; Monks pack together like dogs in the
choir, One lias the course of the wind, one the water of the sea, ..."
4. In the North Countree: Annals and Anecdotes of Horse, Hound and Herd by William Scarth Dixon (1900)
"... numerously attended, and an unanimous opinion was expressed that Lord Derwent,
then Mr. Harcourt Johnstone, should be requested to get a pack together. ..."
5. Transactions (1919)
"The fact that when these substances crystallize, their atoms do not pack together
in simple cubic arrangement, is due rather to the nature of the forces ..."
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