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   Pack

   /pak/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it: "a pack of cigarettes" Similar packetcontainerpackageboxcratecartonparcel
   • ▪ a set of playing cards.
   • ▪ a collection of related documents, especially one kept in a folder: "an information pack"
   • ▪ a quantity of fish, fruit, or other foods packed or canned in a particular season or year.
   • 2. a group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together: "a pack of wolves will encircle an ailing prey" Similar groupherdtroop
   • ▪ a group of hounds kept and used for hunting, especially fox hunting: "the lead hound gives tongue and the pack takes off, following the line of scent"
   • ▪ an organized group of Cub Scouts.
   • ▪ the main body of competitors following the leader or leaders in a race or competition: "the company was demonstrating the kind of innovations needed to keep it ahead of the pack"
   • ▪ a group or set of similar things or people: "the reports were a pack of lies"
   • ▪ a team's forwards considered as a group: "I had doubts about Swansea's pack at the beginning of the season"
   • 3. a knapsack or backpack: "we picked up our packs and trudged off" Similar backpackrucksackknapsackkitbagduffel bagbagsatchelloadluggage
   • 4. short for pack ice
   • 5. a hot or cold pad of absorbent material, especially as used for treating an injury.
   • ▪ a cosmetic mask.

   verb

   • 1. fill (a suitcase or bag), especially with clothes and other items needed when away from home: "she had packed and checked out of the hotel" Similar fillfill upput things inloadstuffcram
   • ▪ place (something) in a container, especially for transportation or storage: "Elizabeth packed a sandwich in a fanny pack to snack on" Similar stowput awaystorebox upcrateput in a case/trunk
   • ▪ be capable of being folded up for transportation or storage: "these silver foil blankets pack into a small area"
   • ▪ store (something perishable) in a specified substance in order to preserve it: "the organs were packed in ice"
   • 2. cram a large number of things into (a container or space): "it was a large room, packed with beds jammed side by side"
   • ▪ (of a large number of people) crowd into and fill (a room, building, or place): "students recently packed a hall to hear the poet"
   • ▪ cover, surround, or fill (something): "he packed the wounds with healing malaguetta" Similar wrap (up)packageparceltie (up)swatheswaddleencaseenfoldenvelopcloakbalebundlecover (up)protectthrongcrowd (into)fill (to overflowing)cram fullmobcramjampress intosquash intosqueeze into
   • 3. carry (a gun): informal "a sixteen-year-old can make a fortune selling drugs and pack a gun in the process"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pak (noun), pakken (verb). The verb appears early in Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman French in connection with the wool trade; trade in English wool was chiefly with the Low Countries.

   Derivatives

   • 1. packable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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2. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpack noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   Definition of pack noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. pack. noun. /pæk/ Idioms. container. [countable] (especially North American English) a container, usually made of paper, that holds a number of the same thing or an amount of something, ready to be sold. pack of something a pack of cigarettes/gum.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarypack | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   Definition of pack – Learner’s Dictionary. pack. verb. uk / pæk / us. pack verb (THINGS IN BAGS) A2. to put your things into bags or boxes when you are going on holiday or leaving the place where you live: I've got to go home and pack. to pack your bags. Opposite. unpack. More examples. Can you help me to pack my suitcase?

4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › americanpack verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   Phrasal Verbs pack away pack in pack into pack off pack up. See pack in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: pack. Definition of pack verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

5. www.wordreference.com › definition › packpack - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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   Informal Terms to be able to deliver; to possess:[ not: be + ~-ing; ~ + object] This champion packs a mean punch. pack in, [ ~ + object + in] to attract (people) in large numbers: The new movie was packing them in during its first week of showing. pack in or up, to give up or give in;

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › essential-british-english › packpack | definition in the Cambridge Essential English Dictionary

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   Definition of pack in Essential British English Dictionary. pack. verb. uk. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. / pæk/ A2. to put your things into bags or boxes when you are going on holiday or leaving the place where you live: I’ve got to go home and pack. She was packing her bags. Opposite. unpack.

7. stackoverflow.com › questions › 1537964Visual C++ equivalent of GCC's __attribute__ ((__packed__))

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   6 Answers. Sorted by: 114. You can define PACK like as follows for GNU GCC and MSVC: #ifdef __GNUC__ #define PACK( __Declaration__ ) __Declaration__ __attribute__((__packed__)) #endif. #ifdef _MSC_VER. #define PACK( __Declaration__ ) __pragma( pack(push, 1) ) __Declaration__ __pragma( pack(pop)) #endif. And use it like this: PACK(struct myStruct.

8. kids.wordsmyth.net › wepack | definition for kids | Wordsmyth Word Explorer Children ...

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   Definition of pack. Best online English dictionaries for children, with kid-friendly definitions, integrated thesaurus for kids, images, and animations. Spanish and Chinese language support available.