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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.



pack2
verb
    packed, packing
    1. To fill (a jury, meeting, etc) illicitly with people one can rely on to support one.
Etymology: 16c, originally in obsolete sense ‘to intrigue'.



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