pack

pack ¹  (pk)

n.

1.

a. A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.

b. A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.

2. The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.

3. A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items: a pack of matches.

4.

a. A complete set of related items: a pack of cards.

b. Informal A large amount; a heap: earned a pack of money.

5.

a. A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.

b. A gang of people: a pack of hoodlums.

c. An organized troop having common interests: a Cub Scout pack. See Synonyms at flock¹.

6. A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together.

7. Medicine

a. The swathing of a patient or a body part in hot, cold, wet, or dry materials, such as cloth towels, sheets, or blankets.

b. The materials so used.

c. A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound; packing.

8. An ice pack; an ice bag.

9. A cosmetic paste that is applied to the skin, allowed to dry, and then rinsed off.

v. packed, pack·ing, packs

v.tr.

1. To fold, roll, or combine into a bundle; wrap up.

2.

a. To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing: pack one's belongings.

b. To fill up with items: pack one's trunk.

3. To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell: packed the fruit in jars.

4.

a. To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together: managed to pack 300 students into the lecture hall.

b. To fill up tight; cram.

5. Medicine

a. To wrap (a patient) in a pack.

b. To insert a pack into a body cavity or wound.

6. To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage: pack a valve stem.

7. To press together; compact firmly: packed the clay and straw into bricks.

8. Informal To carry, deliver, or have available for action: a thug who packed a pistol; a fighter who packs a hard punch.

9. To send unceremoniously: The parents packed both children off to bed.

10. 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: "In 1937 Roosevelt threatened to pack the court" New Republic.

v.intr.

1. To place one's belongings in boxes or luggage for transporting or storing.

2. To be susceptible of compact storage: Dishes pack more easily than glasses.

3. To form lumps or masses; become compacted.

Idiom:

pack it in Informal

To cease work or activity: Let's pack it in for the day.

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[Middle English pak, possibly of Low German origin.]

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packa·bili·ty n.

packa·ble adj.

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pack ¹

Noun

1. a bundle or load carried on the back

2. Brit & NZ a complete set of playing cards

3. a group of animals that hunt together: a pack of hounds

4. Rugby the forwards of a team

5. any collection of people or things: a pack of lies

6. Chiefly US & Canad same as packet (sense 1)

7. an organized group of Cub Scouts or Brownie Guides

8. same as rucksack or backpack

9. Also called: (face pack) a cream treatment that cleanses and tones the skin

Verb

1. to put (articles) in a case or container for moving

2. to roll (articles) up into a bundle

3. to press tightly together; cram: thousands of people packed into the city's main square

4. (foll. by off)to send away hastily: their young son came in to say good night and was packed off to bed

5. Slang to be able to deliver a specified amount of unexpected or violent force or power: the film's unexpected ending packs quite a punch

6. US informal to carry (a gun) habitually

7. send someone packing Informal to dismiss someone abruptly

See also pack in, pack up [origin unknown]

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pack ²

Verb

to fill (a committee, jury, or audience) with one's own supporters [perhaps from pact]

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Pack a bundle of things enclosed or tied together; a company or set of persons; a large collection or set of things; a number of animals. See also bolt, bundle.

Examples: pack of books; of coal (3 Winchester bushels); of complaints, 1862; of dogs, 1648; of fish (set out in piles to dry), 1800; of fools; of grouse, 1688; of heresies, 1638; of hounds, 1735; of ice, 1791; of icebergs; of Jews, 1548; of knaves, 1693; of lies, 1763; of mules; of nonsense, 1880; of perch; of playing cards, 1597; of ptarmigans, 1862; of rebels, 1562; of schoolboys, 1885; of sorrows, 1591; of stars, 1633; of stoats; of superstitions; of thieves, 1698; of weasels; of witches; of wolves, 1795.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pack - a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" large number, multitude, plurality, battalion large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
	2.	pack - a complete collection of similar things aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole disc pack, disk pack - (computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device deck of cards, pack of cards, deck - a pack of 52 playing cards
	3.	pack - a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) parcel, package - a wrapped container
	4.	pack - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" gang, mob, ring association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" nest - a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; "a nest of thieves" youth gang - a gang whose members are teenagers gangdom, gangland, organized crime - underworld organizations gangster, mobster - a criminal who is a member of gang
	5.	pack - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp band, circle, lot, set - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" Bloomsbury Group - an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles bohemia - a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style brain trust, kitchen cabinet - an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government loop - an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); "he's no longer in the loop" cabal, camarilla, faction, junto - a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue junta, military junta - a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power maffia, mafia - any tightly knit group of trusted associates faction, sect - a dissenting clique galere, rogue's gallery - a coterie of undesirable people hard core - the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement
	6.	pack - a group of hunting animals Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night" hound, hound dog - any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears animal group - a group of animals wolf pack - a group of wolves hunting together
	7.	pack - a cream that cleanses and tones the skin face pack corrective, restorative - a device for treating injury or disease
	8.	pack - a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect corrective, restorative - a device for treating injury or disease
	9.	pack - a bundle (especially one carried on the back) sheaf, bundle - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Verb	1.	pack - arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes" containerise, containerize - package in a container; "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping" bag - put into a bag; "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries" encase, incase, case - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" bundle, bundle up, roll up - make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions" stow - fill by packing tightly; "stow the cart" unpack, take out - remove from its packing; "unpack the presents"
	2.	pack - fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house" fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
	3.	pack - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" wad, compact, bundle arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" compact, pack - have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
	4.	pack - carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
	5.	pack - set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury" appoint, constitute, name, nominate - create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
	6.	pack - have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" carry, take feature, have - have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" carry - have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"
	7.	pack - press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" jam, mob, throng, pile crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
	8.	pack - hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies" backpack athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition hike - walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
	9.	pack - press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" tamp, tamp down compress, pack together, compact - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
	10.	pack - seal with packing; "pack the faucet" seal, seal off - make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows"
	11.	pack - have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" compact wad, compact, pack, bundle - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	12.	pack - load with a pack load down load, load up, lade, laden - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
	13.	pack - 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" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

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pack

verb 1. package, load, store, bundle, batch, stow

verb 2. cram, charge, crowd, press, fill, stuff, jam, compact, mob, ram, wedge, compress, throng, tamp

noun 3. packet, box, package, carton

noun 4. bundle, kit, parcel, load, burden, bale, rucksack, truss, knapsack, back pack, kitbag, fardel (archaic)

noun 5. group, crowd, collection, company, set, lot, band, troop, crew, drove, gang, deck, bunch, mob, flock, herd, assemblage

pack someone off send away, dismiss, send packing (informal) bundle out, hustle out

pack something in

1. Brit., N.Z. (informal) resign from, leave, give up, quit (informal) chuck (informal) jack in (informal)

2. stop, give up, kick (informal) cease, chuck (informal) leave off, jack in, desist from

pack something up

1. put away, store, tidy up

2. (Informal) stop, finish, give up, pack in Brit. (informal) call it a day (informal) call it a night (informal)

pack up break down, stop, fail, stall, give out, conk out (informal) send someone packing (Informal) send away, dismiss, discharge, give someone the bird (informal) give someone the brushoff (slang) send someone about his or her business, send someone away with a flea in his or her ear (informal)

Translations

pack [pæk] n (= packet) → paquete m;

(COMM) → embalaje m [of hounds] → jauría; [of wolves] → manada; [of thieves etc] → banda; [of cards] → baraja (= bundle); fardo;

(US) [of cigarettes] → paquete m; cajetilla

vt (= wrap) → empaquetar (= fill); llenar;

(in suitcase etc) → meter, poner (= cram); llenar, atestar;

(fig) [+ meeting etc]; llenar de partidarios;

(COMPUT) → comprimir;

to pack (one's bags) → hacer las maletas;

to pack sb off → despachar a algn;

the place was packed → el local estaba (lleno) hasta los topes;

to send sb packing (col) → echar a algn con cajas destempladas

pack in vi (= break down) [watch, car] → estropearse

vt (col) → dejar;

pack it in! → ¡para!, ¡basta ya!

pack up vi (col) [machine] → estropearse; [person] → irse

vt [+ belongings, clothes] → recoger [+ goods, presents]; empaquetar, envolver

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pack [pæk] n → paquet m (= bundle); ballot m [of hounds]; meute f [of thieves, wolves etc]; bande f [of cards]; jeu m;

(US) [of cigarettes]; paquet (= back pack); sac m à dos

vt [+ goods] → empaqueter, emballer;

(in suitcase etc) → emballer [+ box]; remplir (= cram); entasser (= press down); tasser; damer;

(Comput) → grouper, tasser

vi to pack (one's bags) → faire ses bagages;

to pack into [+ room, stadium] → s'entasser dans;

to send sb packing (inf) → envoyer promener qn

pack in (Brit) (inf) vi [machine] → tomber en panne

vt [+ boyfriend] → plaquer;

pack it in! → laisse tomber!

pack off vt to pack sb off to → expédier qn à

pack up vi (Brit) (inf) [machine] → tomber en panne: [person] → se tirer

vt [+ belongings] → ranger [+ goods, presents]; empaqueter, emballer

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pack [pæk] n (= packet) → Packung f;

(US) [of cigarettes] → Schachtel f [of people, hounds] → Meute f;

(also: back pack) → Rucksack m [of cards] → (Karten)spiel nt

vt [+ clothes etc] → einpacken;

(suitcase etc, Comput) → packen (= press down); pressen

vi → packen;

to pack one's bags (fig) → die Koffer packen;

to pack into (= cram) [+ people, objects] → hineinstopfen in +acc;

to send sb packing (inf) → jdn kurz abfertigen

pack in pack (Brit) (inf) vt [+ job] → hinschmeißen;

pack it in! pack → hör auf!

pack off pack vt → schicken

pack up pack vi (Brit) (inf) [machine] → den Geist aufgeben;

(000) (000) [person] → Feierabend machen

vt [+ belongings] → zusammenpacken

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pack [pæk] n (= packet) → pacco;

(COMM) → confezione f;

(US) [of cigarettes] → pacchetto; [of goods] → balla; [of hounds] → muta; [of wolves] → branco; [of thieves etc] → banda; [of cards] → mazzo

vt [+ goods] → impaccare, imballare;

(in suitcase etc) → mettere [+ box]; riempire (= cram); stipare, pigiare (= press down); tamponare; turare;

(COMPUT) → comprimere, impaccare

vi to pack one's bags → fare la valigia;

to send sb packing (col) → spedire via qn

pack in (BRIT ) (col) vi [watch, car] → guastarsi

vt → mollare, piantare;

pack it in! → piantala!

pack off vt [+ person] → spedire

pack up vi (BRIT ) (col) [machine] → guastarsi: [person] → far fagotto

vt [+ belongings, clothes] → mettere in una valigia [+ goods, presents]; imballare