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noun
1.
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 mule pack; a hiker's pack.
2.
a definite quantity or standard measure of something wrapped up or otherwise assembled for merchandising (sometimes used in combination): a pack of cigarettes; a six-pack of beer.
3.
the quantity of something that is packaged, canned, or the like, at one time, in one season, etc.: last year's salmon pack.
4.
a group of people or things: a pack of fools; a pack of lies.
5.
EXPANDa group of certain animals of the same kind, especially predatory ones: a pack of wolves.
6.
Hunting. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt.
7.
a complete set of playing cards, usually 52 in number; deck.
9.
a considerable area of pieces of floating ice driven or packed together.
10.
Metalworking. a pile of metal sheets for hot-rolling together.
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Medicine/Medical.
a.
a wrapping of the body in wet or dry clothes for therapeutic purposes.
b.
the cloths so used.
c.
Obsolete. the state of being so wrapped.
12.
Mining.
a.
Also called pack wall. a rubble wall for supporting a roof.
b.
any of various other roof supports of timber, timber and rubble, or rubble and wire mesh.
13.
a cosmetic material, usually of a pastelike consistency, applied either to the face or to the hair and scalp: a mud pack; a beauty pack; a henna pack.
14.
pac2 (def. 1).
15.
Obsolete. a plot; conspiracy.
16.
COLLAPSEObsolete. a low or worthless person.
verb (used with object)
17.
to make into a pack or bundle.
18.
to form into a group or compact mass.
19.
to fill with anything compactly arranged: to pack a trunk.
20.
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.
21.
EXPANDto press or crowd together within; cram: The crowd packed the gallery.
22.
to prepare for marketing by putting into containers or packages: to pack fruit for shipping.
23.
to make airtight, vaportight, or watertight by stuffing: to pack the piston of a steam engine.
24.
to cover or envelop with something pressed closely around.
25.
to load, as with packs: We packed the mules and then set off for the lake.
26.
to carry or wear, especially as part of one's usual equipment: to pack a gun.
27.
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.
28.
COLLAPSEto treat with a therapeutic pack.
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verb (used without object)
29.
to pack goods in compact form, as for transportation or storage (often followed by up).
30.
to place clothes and personal items in a suitcase, trunk, etc., preparatory to traveling.
31.
to be capable of or suitable for compact storage or packing for transportation: articles that pack well.
32.
to crowd together, as persons: The audience packed into the auditorium.
33.
EXPANDto become compacted: Wet snow packs readily.
34.
COLLAPSEto collect into a group: The grouse began to pack.
adjective
Verb phrases35.
transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
36.
compressed into a pack; packed.
37.
used in or adapted for packing: pack equipment.
38.
Chiefly Scot. (of animals) tame.
39.
pack in/up, 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.
40.
Idiompack off/away,
a.
to dispatch: We packed the kids off to camp for the summer.
b.
to leave hastily.
41.
pack it in,
a.
to give up; abandon one's efforts: In 1972 we packed it in and moved back to Florida.
b.
to cease being a nuisance.
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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.
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Word Origin & History
pack
c.1300, "to put together in a pack," from pack (n.), possibly influenced by Anglo-Fr. empaker (1294) and M.L. paccare "pack." Some senses suggesting "make secret arrangement" are from an Elizabethan mispronunciation of pact. Sense of "to carry or convey in a pack" (1805) led
EXPANDto general sense of "to carry in any manner;" hence to pack heat "carry a gun," underworld slang from 1940s; "to be capable of delivering" (a punch, etc.) is from 1921.
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Medical Dictionary
pack (pāk)
v. packed, pack·ing, packs
To fill, stuff, plug, or tampon.
To enwrap or envelop the body in a sheet, blanket, or other covering.
To apply a dressing or covering to a surgical site.
The swathing of a patient or a body part in hot, cold, wet, or dry materials, such as cloth towels, sheets, or blankets.
The materials so used.
An ice pack; an ice bag.
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