Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
- noun A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
- noun The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.
- noun A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items.
- noun A complete set of related items.
- noun Informal A large amount; a heap.
- noun A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.
- noun A gang of people.
- noun An organized troop having common interests.
- noun A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together.
- noun Material, such as towels, sheets, or blankets that are used to swathe a patient or body part.
- noun A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound.
- noun An ice pack used to reduce pain and inflammation.
- noun A cold pack.
- noun A hot pack.
- noun A cosmetic paste that is applied to the skin, allowed to dry, and then rinsed off.
- intransitive verb To fold, roll, or combine into a bundle; wrap up.
- intransitive verb To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing.
- intransitive verb To fill up with items.
- intransitive verb To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell.
- intransitive verb To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together.
- intransitive verb To fill up tight; cram.
- intransitive verb To wrap (a patient) in a pack.
- intransitive verb To insert a pack into (a body cavity or wound).
- intransitive verb To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage.
- intransitive verb To press together; compact firmly.
- intransitive verb Informal To carry, deliver, or have available for action.
- intransitive verb To send unceremoniously.
- intransitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb To place one's belongings in boxes or luggage for transporting or storing.
- intransitive verb To be susceptible of compact storage.
- intransitive verb To form lumps or masses; become compacted.
- idiom (pack it in) To cease work or activity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form a pact; especially, to confederate for bad purposes; join in collusion.
- To plot; contrive fraudulently.
- To join in collusion; ally for some bad purpose.
- Intimate; confidential; “thick.”
- noun In tanning, a workmen's name for a lot of hides placed in the same pit to undergo the liming process.
- To have in one's baggage, that is, in one's possession; possess.
- To transport goods as a business: as, to
pack over the trail.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A pack of cards; the expression was very common; _deck_, five lines lower, was often used for _pack_.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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'No, not stunning _pack_,' growled Jack, '_splendid_ pack -- "this splendid pack had a stunning run."'
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833
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Next, Canetti goes back to tribal cultures to explore what he calls the pack, which is a more primitive form of the crowd.
History on the Couch Phillips, William 1963
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The most important element separating this game from the pack is the magic Bioware brings to the table.
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The leader of this pack is also played by Jagdeep himself.
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But what really separates Serena from the pack is the "Sampras special" — namely, a really sick first serve and a second serve from God.
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For the strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength of the wolf is the pack.
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Also, the strong current which sets east out of Lancaster Sound carried with it mile upon mile of what they call pack-ice -- rough ice that has not frozen into fields; and this pack was bombarding the floe at the same time that the swell and heave of the storm-worked sea was weakening and undermining it.
The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Her mother†™ s eyes flicked to the video, and then to Rose. “Your pack is ready, you can go.
365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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The difference between a good pack and a great pack is revealed after only 1 mile.
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