Etymology : Middle English, of Low German or Dutch origin; akin to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch pak pack
Pronunciation : pak
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. bundle, package; backpack; parcel, packet; group of animals (especially wolves, dogs etc.); group, crowd; cosmetic paste for the face; medical wrapping of cloth or gauze, deck (British). fill to capacity; load items into something (i.e. clothes into a suitcase or merchandise into a container); crowd; compress; carry, transport. pack\pack\, n.
2. (med.) in hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.
3. (rugby football) the forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.pack and prime.
4. A pact.
5. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.
6. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
7. A number or quantity of connected or similar things A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
8. A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
9. A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
10. A shook of cask staves.
11. A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
12. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
13. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
14. A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
15. See Baggage.
16. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
17. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
18. To sort and arrange in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
19. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
20. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
21. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
22. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
23. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack.
24. To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
25. See Pack, n., 5.
26. To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
27. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
28. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
29. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
30. To depart in haste; generally with off or away.
31. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
32. In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.
33. The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.
34. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. a small parcel a bundle a sheet or blanket to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect a cream that cleanses and tones the skin a complete collection of similar things a group of hunting animals treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice" carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes" compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" seal with packing; "pack the faucet" fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "They murder trial packed the court house" set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury".
35. 1. When you pack a bag, you put clothes and other things into it, because you are leaving a place or going on holiday. When I was 17, I packed my bags and left home I packed and said goodbye to Charlie. + packing pack·ing She left Frances to finish her packing.
36. When people pack things, for example in a factory, they put them into containers or parcels so that they can be transported and sold. They offered me a job packing goods in a warehouse Machines now exist to pack olives in jars. sardines packed in oil. + packing pack·ing His onions cost 9p a lb wholesale; packing and transport costs 10p.
37. If people or things pack into a place or if they pack a place, there are so many of them that the place is full. Hundreds of thousands of people packed into the mosque Seventy thousand people will pack the stadium. = cram.
38. A pack of things is a collection of them that is sold or given together in a box or bag. The club will send a free information pack. a pack of cigarettes.
39. A pack is a bag containing your possessions that you carry on your back when you are travelling. I hid the money in my pack. = rucksack, backpack.
40. You can refer to a group of people who go around together as a pack, especially when it is a large group that you feel threatened by. a pack of journalists eager to question him.
41. A pack of wolves or dogs is a group of them that hunt together.
42. A pack of playing cards is a complete set of playing cards. see also:
packed, packing.
43. If you say that an account is a pack of lies, you mean that it is completely untrue. You told me a pack of lies.
44. If you send someone packing, you make them go away. I decided I wanted to live alone and I sent him packing. Variant of pac.
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