pack

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[[t]pæk[/t]]

n.

1) a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, esp. one carried on the back of an animal or person

2) cvb a definite quantity or standard measure of merchandise together with its wrapping or package:

a pack of cigarettes[/ex]

3) the quantity of something that is packaged at one time or in one season:

last year's salmon pack[/ex]

4) a group of people or things:

a pack of lies[/ex]

5) a group of animals of the same kind, esp. predatory ones:

a pack of wolves[/ex]

6) spo a number of hounds used together in a hunt

7) a set of playing cards; deck

8) cvb

backpack

9) geo

pack ice

10)

a) med a wrapping of the body in wet or dry cloths for therapeutic purposes

b) med the cloths so used

11) clo a pastelike substance used as a cosmetic restorative, esp. on the face

12) clo

pac 1)

13) to make into a pack or bundle

14) to form into a group or compact mass

15) to fill with anything compactly arranged:

to pack a trunk[/ex]

16) cvb to put into a case, trunk, etc., as for traveling or storage:

to pack clothes for a trip[/ex]

17) to press or crowd together within; cram:

The crowd packed the gallery[/ex]

18) to prepare for marketing by putting into packages

19) to make airtight, vaportight, or watertight by stuffing:

to pack the engine[/ex]

20) to load, as with packs

21) to carry or wear as part of one's usual equipment:

to pack a gun[/ex]

22) inf Informal. to be able to deliver:

to pack a mean punch[/ex]

23) to treat with a therapeutic pack

24) to pack goods in compact form, as for shipping

25) to place clothes and personal items in a suitcase, trunk, etc., preparatory to traveling

26) to adapt to compact storage or packing:

dresses that pack well[/ex]

27) to crowd together

28) to become compacted:

Wet snow packs readily[/ex]

29) phv pack off or away, to send away with dispatch:

to pack the kids off to camp[/ex]

30) used in transporting a pack or load

31) compressed into a pack; packed

32) used in or adapted for packing

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- pack it in

Etymology: 1175–1225; ME pak, packe < MD pac or MLG pak pack′a•ble, adj. II

pack

[[t]pæk[/t]] v. t.

to choose, collect, arrange, or manipulate (cards, persons, facts, etc.) so as to serve one's own purposes:

to pack a jury[/ex]

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Etymology: 1520–30; perh. alter. of obs. v. der. of pact, n.