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pack
1[ pak ]
noun
- a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a hiker's pack.
a mule pack;
a hiker's pack.
- a definite quantity or standard measure of something wrapped up or otherwise assembled for merchandising (sometimes used in combination): a six-pack of beer.
a pack of cigarettes;
a six-pack of beer.
- the quantity of something that is packaged, canned, or the like, at one time, in one season, etc.:
last year's salmon pack.
- a group of people or things: a pack of lies.
a pack of fools;
a pack of lies.
- a group of certain animals of the same kind, especially predatory ones:
a pack of wolves.
- Hunting. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt.
- a complete set of playing cards, usually 52 in number; deck.
- a considerable area of pieces of floating ice driven or packed together.
- Metalworking. a pile of metal sheets for hot-rolling together.
- Medicine/Medical.
- a wrapping of the body in wet or dry cloths for therapeutic purposes.
- the cloths so used.
- Obsolete. the state of being so wrapped.
- Mining.
- Also called pack wall. a rubble wall for supporting a roof.
- any of various other roof supports of timber, timber and rubble, or rubble and wire mesh.
- a cosmetic material, usually of a pastelike consistency, applied either to the face or to the hair and scalp: a beauty pack;
a mud pack;
a beauty pack;
a henna pack.
- Obsolete. a plot; conspiracy.
- Obsolete. a low or worthless person.
verb (used with object)
- to make into a pack or bundle.
- to form into a group or compact mass.
- to fill with anything compactly arranged:
to pack a trunk.
- to put into or arrange compactly in a trunk, valise, etc., as for traveling or storage:
I packed a two-week supply of clothes for the trip.
- to press or crowd together within; cram:
The crowd packed the gallery.
- to prepare for marketing by putting into containers or packages:
to pack fruit for shipping.
- to make airtight, vaportight, or watertight by stuffing:
to pack the piston of a steam engine.
- to cover or envelop with something pressed closely around.
- to load, as with packs:
We packed the mules and then set off for the lake.
- to carry or wear, especially as part of one's usual equipment:
to pack a gun.
- Informal. to deliver (a powerful blow, strong message, etc.):
He packs a better punch than any heavyweight in years.
His speech packed a powerful plea for peace.
- to treat with a therapeutic pack.
verb (used without object)
- to place goods into containers in compact form, as for transportation or storage (often followed by up ):
I've packed up for the move, so I can't access my fabrics.
- to place clothes and personal items in a suitcase, trunk, etc., preparatory to traveling:
Make sure to pack lightly for this trip to Italy!
- to be capable of or suitable for compact storage or packing for transportation:
articles that pack well.
- to crowd together, as persons:
The audience packed into the auditorium.
- to become compacted:
Wet snow packs readily.
- to collect into a group:
The grouse began to pack.
- to wear or carry a weapon, especially a gun:
If she's arrested while she's packing, the sentence might be harsher.
- to create a penile bulge in the crotch of one’s clothing using a prosthesis, padding, or other object of phallic shape, often done by gender-diverse people as part of their gender expression:
I wasn't going to pack today, but I didn't feel as comfortable without it.
adjective
- transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load:
pack animals.
- compressed into a pack; packed.
- used in or adapted for packing:
pack equipment.
- Chiefly Scot. (of animals) tame.
verb phrase
- to dispatch:
We packed the kids off to camp for the summer.
- to leave hastily.
- to relinquish or give up; quit:
One failure was no reason to pack the whole experiment in.
After thirty years of touring, the violinist packed his career up and retired.
pack
2[ pak ]
verb (used with object)
- to choose, collect, arrange, or manipulate (cards, persons, facts, etc.) so as to serve one's own purposes:
to pack the deck; to pack a jury.
pack
3[ pak ]
adjective
- Scot. very friendly or intimate.
pack
1/ pæk /
noun
- a bundle or load, esp one carried on the back
- ( as modifier )
a pack animal
- a collected amount of anything
- a complete set of similar things, esp a set of 52 playing cards
- a group of animals of the same kind, esp hunting animals
a pack of hounds
- any group or band that associates together, esp for criminal purposes
- rugby the forwards of a team or both teams collectively, as in a scrum or in rucking
- the basic organizational unit of Cub Scouts and Brownie Guides
- a small package, carton, or container, used to retail commodities, esp foodstuffs, cigarettes, etc
- ( in combination )
pack-sealed
- a small or medium-sized container of cardboard, paper, etc, often together with its contents Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)packet
- short for pack ice
- the quantity of something, such as food, packaged for preservation
- med
- a sheet or blanket, either damp or dry, for wrapping about the body, esp for its soothing effect
- a material such as cotton or gauze for temporarily filling a bodily cavity, esp to control bleeding
- mining a roof support, esp one made of rubble
- short for face pack
- a parachute folded and ready for use
- computing another name for deck
- go to the pack informal.to fall into a lower state or condition
verb
- to place or arrange (articles) in (a container), such as clothes in a suitcase
- tr to roll up into a bundle
- whenpassive, often foll by out to press tightly together; cram
the hall was packed out
the audience packed into the foyer
- tr; foll by in or into to fit (many things, experiences, etc) into a limited space or time
she packed a lot of theatre visits into her holiday
- to form (snow, ice, etc) into a hard compact mass or (of snow, ice, etc) to become compacted
- tr to press in or cover tightly
to pack a hole with cement
- tr to load (a horse, donkey, etc) with a burden
- often foll byoff or away to send away or go away, esp hastily
- tr to seal (a joint) by inserting a layer of compressible material between the faces
- tr to fill (a bearing or gland) with grease to lubricate it
- tr to separate (two adjoining components) so that they have a predetermined gap between them, by introducing shims, washers, plates, etc
- tr med to treat with a pack
- slang.tr to be capable of inflicting (a blow)
he packs a mean punch
- informal.tr to carry or wear habitually
he packs a gun
- introften foll bydown rugby to form a scrum
- tr; often foll by into, to, etc to carry (goods), esp on the back
will you pack your camping equipment into the mountains?
- pack one's bags informal.to get ready to leave
- send packing informal.to dismiss peremptorily
pack
2/ pæk /
verb
- tr to fill (a legislative body, committee, etc) with one's own supporters
to pack a jury
Derived Forms
- ˈpackable, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pack1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pack1
Origin of pack2
Idioms and Phrases
- pack it in,
- to give up; abandon one's efforts:
Ten years ago we packed it in and moved back to Florida.
- to cease being a nuisance.
More idioms and phrases containing pack
- Joe six-pack
- send someone about his or her business (packing)
Example Sentences
Decades since Luna Luna was packed away, Goldberg rallied a team of investors to buy what might be left of the exhibition from the foundation - sight unseen.
Fleet of foot and packed with memorable one-liners, it produced three number one singles in the UK, including song of the year contender Espresso.
LFB said the e-bike had been converted from a conventional pedal cycle by having a battery pack fitted to it, and was being charged at the time of the fire.
If using a ready made crust with two in a pack, roll out the second one, use a cookie cutter to make rounds to place in an oiled muffin pan for mini pies.
A straight adaption would pack power, but it’s even better that the book came into the hands of a true humanist like RaMell Ross.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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