A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
A complete set of related items: a pack of cards.
Informal A large amount; a heap: earned a pack of money.
A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.
A gang of people: a pack of hoodlums.
An organized troop having common interests: a Cub Scout pack. See Synonyms at flock1.
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.
A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound; packing.
The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.
A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items: a pack of matches.
A complete set of related items: a pack of cards.
Informal A large amount; a heap: earned a pack of money.
A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.
A gang of people: a pack of hoodlums.
An organized troop having common interests: a Cub Scout pack. See Synonyms at flock1.
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.
A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound; packing.
A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.
A gang of people: a pack of hoodlums.
An organized troop having common interests: a Cub Scout pack. See Synonyms at flock1.
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.
A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound; packing.
A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together.
Medicine
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.
A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound; packing.
An ice pack; an ice bag.
A cosmetic paste that is applied to the skin, allowed to dry, and then rinsed off.
v.
packed, pack·ing, packs
v.
tr.
To fold, roll, or combine into a bundle; wrap up.
To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing: pack one's belongings.
To fill up with items: pack one's trunk.
To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together: managed to pack 300 students into the lecture hall.
To fill up tight; cram.
To wrap (a patient) in a pack.
To insert a pack into a body cavity or wound.
To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell: packed the fruit in jars.
To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together: managed to pack 300 students into the lecture hall.
To fill up tight; cram.
To wrap (a patient) in a pack.
To insert a pack into a body cavity or wound.
Medicine
To wrap (a patient) in a pack.
To insert a pack into a body cavity or wound.
To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage: pack a valve stem.
To press together; compact firmly: packed the clay and straw into bricks.
Informal To carry, deliver, or have available for action: a thug who packed a pistol; a fighter who packs a hard punch.
To send unceremoniously: The parents packed both children off to bed.
To constitute (a voting panel) by appointment, selection, or arrangement in such a way that it is favorable to one's purposes or point of view; rig: "In 1937 Roosevelt threatened to pack the court"(New Republic).
v.
intr.
To place one's belongings in boxes or luggage for transporting or storing.
To be susceptible of compact storage: Dishes pack more easily than glasses.
To form lumps or masses; become compacted.
[Middle English pak, possibly of Low German origin.] pack'a·bil'i·ty n., pack'a·ble adj.