A pack is a container of something, especially one made of sturdy paper. You might run to the store for a pack of batteries for your new clock and a pack of crayons for your new coloring book.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
Noun
a small parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
Noun
a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
Noun
a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
Noun
a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
Noun
a complete collection of similar things
Noun
a group of hunting animals
Noun
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Noun
an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
Noun
a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
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 swol
Verb
carry, as on one''s back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"
Verb
arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes"
Verb
load with a pack
Verb
compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
Verb
have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
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seal with packing; "pack the faucet"
Verb
press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
Verb
hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"
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press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
Verb
fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "They murder trial packed the court house"
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set up a committee or legislative body with one''s own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury"
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"
n.
A pact.
n.
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a
bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of
goods.
n.
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence,
a multitude; a burden.
n.
A number or quantity of connected or similar things
n.
A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a
particular game; as, a euchre pack.
n.
A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
n.
A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or
practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
n.
A shook of cask staves.
n.
A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
n.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more
or less closely.
n.
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic
practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the
method of treatment.
n.
A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the
game unfairly.
n.
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.
n.
To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
n.
To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack
a horse.
n.
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.
n.
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on
the backs of men or beasts).
n.
To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
See Pack, n., 5.
n.
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.
v. i.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles
securely for transportation.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the
perch begin to pack.
v. i.
To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
v. i.
To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes;
to join in collusion.
Pack
Poor Stella must pack off to town
You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again.5.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
Usage Examples
Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.
The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow.
My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away.
My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.
Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.
Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an equal right to justice - that is the essence. And if it's not the essence, then we've been sold a pack of lies. The essence is everyone deserves a shot - the content of character, not the color of skin.
I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.
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Other Usage ExamplesAt one point I had to shove as much food in my body as possible to pack on calories. My trainer wanted me to do six meals a day and not go two hours without eating. If I would cheat on eating one day, I could tell - I'd drop a few pounds.
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.
Every song I put on a record could be a single and I just pack my bags for it... and the minute it takes off, I'm not gonna be home for a while.
I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye.
The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
The more you travel, the better you get at it. It sounds silly, but with experience you learn how to pack the right way. I remember one of my first trips abroad, travelling around Europe by rail, fresh out of high school. I brought all these books with me and a paint set. I really had too much stuff, so I've learnt to be more economical.
I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in.
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