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PACK
pack
(noun) a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
pack
(noun) a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
pack
(noun) a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
pack, face pack
(noun) a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
pack
(noun) a complete collection of similar things
pack
(noun) a group of hunting animals
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
(noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
gang, pack, ring, mob
(noun) an association of criminals; “police tried to break up the gang”; “a pack of thieves”
battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack
(noun) a large indefinite number; “a battalion of ants”; “a multitude of TV antennas”; “a plurality of religions”
pack
(verb) 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”
pack
(verb) carry, as on one’s back; “Pack your tents to the top of the mountain”
pack
(verb) arrange in a container; “pack the books into the boxes”
pack, load down
(verb) load with a pack
pack, bundle, wad, compact
(verb) compress into a wad; “wad paper into the box”
compact, pack
(verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; “This powder compacts easily”; “Such odd-shaped items do not pack well”
pack
(verb) seal with packing; “pack the faucet”
backpack, pack
(verb) hike with a backpack; “Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies”
throng, mob, pack, pile, jam
(verb) press tightly together or cram; “The crowd packed the auditorium”
pack
(verb) fill to capacity; “This singer always packs the concert halls”; “The murder trial packed the court house”
pack
(verb) set up a committee or legislative body with one’s own supporters so as to influence the outcome; “pack a jury”
carry, pack, take
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pack (plural packs)
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
A multitude.
A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
A full set of playing cards
The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
A group of Cub Scouts.
A shook of cask staves.
A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
(medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc, according to the method of treatment.
(slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
(snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
(rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
Synonyms
(full set of cards): deck
Etymology 2
Verb
pack (third-person singular simple present packs, present participle packing, simple past and past participle packed)
(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
(transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
(transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
(transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
(intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
(intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
(intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
(transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
(social) To cheat.
(transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
(transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
(transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
(intransitive) To ut together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
(transitive) To load with a pack
(transitive, figurative) to load; to encumber.
To move, send or carry.
(transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
(transitive, US, Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e, on the backs of men or animals).
(intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
(transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
(transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
(intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
(intransitive, LGBT slang, of a drag king, transman, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.
Synonyms
• (To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly): stack
Antonyms
• (make into a pack): unpack
Source: Wiktionary
Pack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed; p. pr. & vb. n. Packing.] Etym: [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See Pack, n.]
1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Shak.
2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly. And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown. Pope.
4. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes. The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops. Atterbury.
5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.] He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies. Fuller.
6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse. Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey. Shack.
7. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school. He . . . must not die Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven. Shak.
8. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]
9. (Hydropathy)
Definition: To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
10. (Mech.)
Definition: To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
Pack, v. i.
1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
2. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away. Poor Stella must pack off to town Swift. You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. Tennyson.
5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] "Go pack with him." Shak. To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . . . presently sent him packing. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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