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.
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.
–verb (used without object)
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.
–adjective
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.
—Verb phrases
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,
a.
to dispatch: We packed the kids off to camp for the summer.
b.
to leave hastily.
—Idiom
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.
Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) ME pak, packe < MD pac or perh. MLG pak; (v.) ME pakken < MD or MLG
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.
packed (pākt) adj.
Crowded to capacity: a packed theater.
Compressed: ground covered with wet, heavily packed leaves.
Informal Filled with. Often used in combination: a thrill-packed television series.
"bundle," c.1225, probably from a Low Ger. word (cf. M.Du. pac, pack "bundle," M.L.G. pak, M.Flem. pac, attested from 1199), originally a term of wool traders in Flanders; or possibly from O.N. pakki, all of unknown origin. It. pacco is a Du. loan word. Meaning "set of persons" (usually of a low character" is c.1300, older than sense of "group of hunting animals" (early 15c.). Extended to collective sets of playing cards (1597), floating ice (1791), cigarettes (1924), and submarines (1943). Meaning "knapsack on a frame" is attested from 1916. Pack-horse is from c.1475; packsaddle "saddle for supporting packs on the back of a mount" is from 1388 (pakke sadil). Pack of lies first attested 1763.
Main Entry: pack Function: transitive verb : to influence the composition of (as a political agency) so as to bring about a desired result <pack a jury>
Main Entry: 2pack Function: transitive verb : to cover or surround with a pack <packed it away from the operative field with gauze packs—R. P. Parsons>; specifically: to envelop (a patient) in a wet or dry sheet or blanket
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