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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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   What is the meaning of packing?

   • 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. To gain (excess weight): has been packing on the pounds lately.

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   • They were packed in bands of wheat straw, and between each pair of eggs a straw was twisted. Now, however, the tobacco undergoes quite a process, and must be kept packed several months before it is ground into snuff. Packed definition: filled to capacity; full. See examples of PACKED used in a sentence.

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