pack – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pack

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pack away sth
Participle: packed away sth
Gerund: packing away sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipack away sth
youpack away sth
he;she;itpacks away sth
wepack away sth
youpack away sth
theypack away sth

Perfect

Ihave packed away sth
youhave packed away sth
he;she;ithas packed away sth
wehave packed away sth
youhave packed away sth
theyhave packed away sth

Past

Ipacked away sth
youpacked away sth
he;she;itpacked away sth
wepacked away sth
youpacked away sth
theypacked away sth

Pluperfect

Ihad packed away sth
youhad packed away sth
he;she;ithad packed away sth
wehad packed away sth
youhad packed away sth
theyhad packed away sth

Future

Iwill pack away sth
youwill pack away sth
he;she;itwill pack away sth
wewill pack away sth
youwill pack away sth
theywill pack away sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have packed away sth
youwill have packed away sth
he;she;itwill have packed away sth
wewill have packed away sth
youwill have packed away sth
theywill have packed away sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ipack away sth
youpack away sth
he;she;itpack away sth
wepack away sth
youpack away sth
theypack away sth

Perfect

Ihave packed away sth
youhave packed away sth
he;she;ithave packed away sth
wehave packed away sth
youhave packed away sth
theyhave packed away sth

Imperfect

Ipacked away sth
youpacked away sth
he;she;itpacked away sth
wepacked away sth
youpacked away sth
theypacked away sth

Pluperfect

Ihad packed away sth
youhad packed away sth
he;she;ithad packed away sth
wehad packed away sth
youhad packed away sth
theyhad packed away sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould pack away sth
youwould pack away sth
he;she;itwould pack away sth
wewould pack away sth
youwould pack away sth
theywould pack away sth

Perfect

Iwould have packed away sth
youwould have packed away sth
he;she;itwould have packed away sth
wewould have packed away sth
youwould have packed away sth
theywould have packed away sth

Imperative

youpack away sth
weLet's pack away sth
youpack away sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam packing away sth
youare packing away sth
he;she;itis packing away sth
weare packing away sth
youare packing away sth
theyare packing away sth

Perfect

Ihave been packing away sth
youhave been packing away sth
he;she;ithas been packing away sth
wehave been packing away sth
youhave been packing away sth
theyhave been packing away sth

Past

Iwas packing away sth
youwere packing away sth
he;she;itwas packing away sth
wewere packing away sth
youwere packing away sth
theywere packing away sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been packing away sth
youhad been packing away sth
he;she;ithad been packing away sth
wehad been packing away sth
youhad been packing away sth
theyhad been packing away sth

Future

Iwill be packing away sth
youwill be packing away sth
he;she;itwill be packing away sth
wewill be packing away sth
youwill be packing away sth
theywill be packing away sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been packing away sth
youwill have been packing away sth
he;she;itwill have been packing away sth
wewill have been packing away sth
youwill have been packing away sth
theywill have been packing away sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be packing away sth
youwould be packing away sth
he;she;itwould be packing away sth
wewould be packing away sth
youwould be packing away sth
theywould be packing away sth

Perfect

Iwould have been packing away sth
youwould have been packing away sth
he;she;itwould have been packing away sth
wewould have been packing away sth
youwould have been packing away sth
theywould have been packing away sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pack'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pack'

back, cack, dack, fack, gack, hack, jack, lack, mack, nack,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to come together as a group
assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, team, team up, throng
to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
compress
bind, cram, press, stow, contract, condense
load
burden, lade

Antonyms

compress
increase, extend, spread, stretch
load
unload, disburden, disencumber, relieve

Additional Information

Etymology

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”). See: Middle English 'pakken'.

Verbs referencing "pack"

Finnish with old forms pakata, German, old spelling packen, Xhosa pakisha, Lithuanian pakuoti.

Sample Sentences

  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] hour at which we should arrive at Liverpool, may be easily imagined and readily understood. Also, how heartily we drank the captain 's health that day at dinner; and how restless we became about packing up: and how two or three of the most sanguine spirits rejected the idea of going to bed at all that night as something it was not worth while to do, so near the shore, but went nevertheless, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Well, Tom, ” said St. Clare, the day after he had commenced the legal formalities for his enfranchisement, “ I 'm going to make a free man of you; — so have your trunk packed, and get ready to set out for Kentuck. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Think I'll pass. Your loss. For sure. Actually, do you mind if I pack ? (That Is All)