[pak] 
| 1. | a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, esp. 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. | a group of certain animals of the same kind, esp. predatory ones: a pack of wolves. |
| 6. | Hunting. a number of hounds, esp. foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt. |
| 7. | a complete set of playing cards, usually 52 in number; deck. |
| 8. | backpack. |
| 9. | a considerable area of pieces of floating ice driven or packed together. |
| 10. | Metalworking. a pile of metal sheets for hot-rolling together. |
| 11. | Medicine/Medical.
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| 12. | Mining.
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| 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. | pac 2 (def. 1). |
| 15. | Obsolete. a plot; conspiracy. |
| 16. | Obsolete. a low or worthless person. |
| 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. | to 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, esp. 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. | to treat with a therapeutic pack. |
| 29. | to pack goods in compact form, as for transportation or storage (often fol. 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. | to become compacted: Wet snow packs readily. |
| 34. | to collect into a group: The grouse began to pack. |
| 35. | 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 or 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. | pack off or away,
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| 41. | pack it in,
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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.
