pack something up Definition

pack¹
noun

1. A collection of things tied into a bundle for carrying.

Thesaurus: package, parcel, bundle, load.
2. A rucksack; a backpack.
3. A pack of cards; a complete set of playing cards.
4. A troop of animals living and hunting together as a group, eg dogs or wolves.
5. A compact package, eg of equipment for a purpose.

Example: a first-aid pack
6. A collection of things of a specified number or for a specified purpose.

Example: four-pack
Example: party-pack of balloons
Example: family-pack
7. derog
A collection or bunch.
Example: a pack of idiots
Example: a pack of lies
Thesaurus: group, gang, mob, number.
8. A group of Brownie Guides or Cub Scouts which meets regularly.
9. rugby.
The forwards in a team.
10. A medicinal or cosmetic skin preparation, eg a face pack.
11. Pack ice.

verb packed, packing

1. To stow (goods, clothes, etc) compactly in cases, boxes, etc for transport or travel.
intr
2. To put one's belongings into a suitcase, rucksack, travel bag, etc, ready for a journey

Example: Have you packed yet?
3. To put (goods, food, etc) into a container, or to wrap them, ready for sale.
intr
4. To be capable of being formed into a compact shape.

Thesaurus: compress, stuff, condense, cram, squeeze, insert; Antonym: scatter.
5. To fill something tightly or compactly.

Example: packed the sandwich full of cheese
Example: The hall was packed
Thesaurus: stuff, cram, crowd, mob, throng.
(N Amer)
tr & intr
6. colloq
To make a habit of carrying (a gun).
intr
7. Said of animals: to form a pack.

Idiom: pack a punch

colloq
To be capable of giving a powerful punch or blow.

Idiom: packed like sardines

Said eg of passengers on a bus or train during rush hour: crowded very closely together.

Idiom: pack it in!

colloq
An exclamation expressing annoyance and irritation at what someone is doing, and telling them to stop doing it.

Idiom: send someone packing

colloq
To send them away unceremoniously.

Etymology: 13c.

Phrasal Verb: pack something in

To push and cram it into something that is already quite full;To cram (a great deal of activity) into a limited period.
Example: On holiday we packed in three excursions a day
To give something up or stop doing it.
Example: packed in her job

Phrasal Verb: pack into something

To crowd into (a bus, train, concert hall, etc which is already full).
Example: The rush-hour passengers packed into the train

Phrasal Verb: pack someone off

To send them off hastily or abruptly.
Example: packed the children off to their friend's house

Phrasal Verb: pack something out

To fill (a container, concert hall, etc) very tightly, very full, etc.

Phrasal Verb: pack up

To stop work, etc at the end of the day or shift, etc.Said of machinery, etc: to break down.

Phrasal Verb: pack something up

To put it in containers and store it.