pack

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

pack, n. [Cf. Pact.].

 A pact.  Daniel.  [1913 Webster]

pack, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. Packet.].

•  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.  Piers Plowman.  [1913 Webster]
•  A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  " “In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.”"  McElrath.  [1913 Webster]
•  A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies  [1913 Webster]
•  A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.  Kane.  [1913 Webster]
•  An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.  [1913 Webster]
•  A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.  Skelton.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Pack animal, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs. -- Pack and prime road or Pack and prime way, a pack road or bridle way. -- Pack cloth, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. -- Pack horse. See Pack animal (above). -- Pack ice. See def. 4, above. -- Pack moth (Zoöl.), a small moth (Anacampsis sarcitella) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics. -- Pack needle, a needle for sewing with pack thread. Piers Plowman. -- Pack saddle, a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. Shak. -- Pack staff, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff. -- Pack train (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.

pack, v. t. [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See Pack, n.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Strange materials packed up with wonderful art."  [1913 Webster]

  "Where . . . the bones
  Of all my buried ancestors are packed."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).  [1913 Webster]

  "And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack{3}; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.  [1913 Webster]

  "The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops."  [1913 Webster]
•  To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.  [1913 Webster]

  " He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies."  [1913 Webster]
•  To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.  [1913 Webster]

  "Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.  [1913 Webster]

  "He . . . must not die
  Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven."  [1913 Webster]
•  To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).  [1913 Webster]
•  To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

pack, v. i. 

•  To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.  [1913 Webster]
•  To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.  [1913 Webster]

  "Poor Stella must pack off to town"  [1913 Webster]

  "You shall pack,
  And never more darken my doors again."  [1913 Webster]
•  To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. “The parliament . . . presently sent him packing.” South.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pack, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a collection of things wrapped up or tied together for carrying. b = BACKPACK.
2 a set of items packaged for use or disposal together.
3 usu. derog. a lot or set (of similar things or persons) (a pack of lies; a pack of thieves).
4 Brit. a set of playing cards.
5 a a group of hounds esp. for foxhunting. b a group of wild animals, esp. wolves, hunting together.
6 an organized group of Cub Scouts or Brownies.
7 Rugby Football a team's forwards.
8 a a medicinal or cosmetic substance applied to the skin; = face-pack. b a hot or cold pad of absorbent material for treating a wound etc.
9 = pack ice.
10 a quantity of fish, fruit, etc., packed in a season etc.
11 Med. a the wrapping of a body or part of a body in a wet sheet etc. b a sheet etc. used for this.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by up) a fill (a suitcase, bag, etc.) with clothes and other items. b put (things) together in a bag or suitcase, esp. for travelling.
2 intr. & tr. come or put closely together; crowd or cram (packed a lot into a few hours; passengers packed like sardines).
3 tr. (in passive; often foll. by with) be filled (with); contain extensively (the restaurant was packed; the book is packed with information).
4 tr. fill (a hall, theatre, etc.) with an audience etc.
5 tr. cover (a thing) with something pressed tightly round.
6 intr. be suitable for packing.
7 tr. colloq. a carry (a gun etc.). b be capable of delivering (a punch) with skill or force.
8 intr. (of animals or Rugby forwards) form a pack.

Idiom

pack-animal an animal for carrying packs. pack-drill a military punishment of marching up and down carrying full equipment. packed lunch a lunch carried in a bag, box, etc., esp. to work, school, etc. packed out colloq. full, crowded. pack ice an area of large crowded pieces of floating ice in the sea. pack it in (or up) colloq. end or stop it. pack off send (a person) away, esp. abruptly or promptly. pack-rat US a large hoarding rodent. pack-saddle a saddle adapted for supporting packs. pack up colloq.
1 (esp. of a machine) stop functioning; break down.
2 retire from an activity, contest, etc. send packing colloq. dismiss (a person) summarily.

Derivative

packable adj.

pack, v.tr. select (a jury etc.) or fill (a meeting) so as to secure a decision in one's favour.

Etymology

prob. f. obs. verb pact f. PACT

THESAURUS

pack

a mass of, a world of, abound with, accumulation, ace, adulterate, age group, amassment, amount, army, assemblage, assembly, backing, backpack, bag, baggage, bale, band, bar, barrel, barricade, basket, batch, battalion, battery, be alive with, bear, bed, best bower, bestow, bevy, bibliofilm, bind, bind up, bindle, bipack, black-and-white film, block, block up, blockade, body, bolt, bottle, bouquet, bower, box, box up, break down, brigade, brim, bristle with, brolly, buck, budget, bunch, bundle, bundle off, bundle up, bung, burden, burst with, burthen, cabal, can, capsule, cards, cargo, carry, carton, cartridge, case, cask, cast, caulk, cease, ceil, charge, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, chuck, chunk, chute, circle, clique, clog, clog up, close, close off, close tight, close up, cloud, clubs, clutch, clutter, cohort, collection, colony, color film, color negative film, compact, company, complement, conduct, confirm, congest, congregation, conk out, considerable, consignment, constipate, constrict, contingent, convey, cook, cook up, cork, corps, coterie, count, cover, covey, cram, crate, crawl with, creep with, crew, cross, crowd, cumbrance, dam, dam up, deadweight, deal, debar, deck, deep-dye, define, detachment, detail, deuce, diamonds, die, difficulty, disadvantage, dismiss, division, do up, doctor, dog, dope, dose, drench, drift, drive, drive away, drive off, drogue chute, drove, dry plate, duffel bag, dummy, embarrassment, embed, embox, embrace, emulsion, encapsulate, encase, encumbrance, encyst, end, enfold, engraft, engrave, enshroud, entrench, envelop, enwrap, establish, etch, face, face cards, faction, fagot, fail, fake, fardel, fasces, fascine, feather, ferry, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, film, finish, fix, fleet, flight, flock, flocks, flush, fly, foul, found, frame, frame up, freight, freightage, full house, fur, gam, gang, gather together, gathering, get rid of, get together, give out, give up, glut, gluttonize, gob, gobs, good deal, goods, gorge, great deal, ground, group, grouping, groupment, hail, hamper, hand, handicap, harness, have had it, haversack, heap, heap up, heaps, hearts, herd, hive, horde, host, hump, hunk, impact, impediment, impedimenta, implant, imposition, impress, imprint, in-group, inconvenience, infix, ingrain, inlay, inscribe, interline, invest, jack, jam, jam-pack, jar, joker, juggle, junta, kennel, king, kit, knapsack, knave, lade, lading, lap, large amount, lashings, left bower, legion, lift, line, litter, load, loads, lock, lodge, lot, lots, lug, luggage, lumber, lump, manhandle, manipulate, many, mass, masses of, measure, mess, microfilm, mint, mob, monochromatic film, motion-picture film, movement, much, muchness, multiplicity, multiply, multitude, negative, nest, nosegay, number, numbers, obstipate, obstruct, occlude, onus, oodles, orthochromatic film, out-group, outfit, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overflow with, overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack away, pack in, pack off, pack the deal, pack up, package, packet, pad, pair, panchromatic film, parachute, parachute jump, parcel, part, party, payload, peck, peer group, penalty, phalanx, photographic paper, picture cards, pile, piles, plan, plant, plate, platoon, playing cards, plot, plug, plug up, plurality, pocket, pod, portion, posse, posy, pot, prearrange, preconcert, precontrive, predesign, premeditate, preorder, press, pride, print, printing paper, pullulate with, put away, quantities, quantity, queen, quit, quite a few, quite a little, quiver, raft, rafts, ram, ram in, rate, ration, regiment, retouch, rig, roll, roll up, root, rouleau, round, rout, royal flush, rubber, ruck, rucksack, ruff, sack, salon, salt, satiate, saturate, scads, scheme, school, scores, seat, send away, send off, series, set, set in, set up, settle, sew up, sheaf, sheathe, ship, shipment, shoal, shroud, shroud lines, shut off, shut out, shut tight, sight, singleton, skulk, sky dive, slew, slews, sloth, small amount, smother, soak, sophisticate, sound film, sound track, sound-on-film, soundstripe, spades, spate, spile, squad, squeeze, squeeze shut, stable, stack, stack the cards, stacks, stall, stamp, stanch, stay, stench, stereotype, stifle, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, store, stow, straight, strangle, strangulate, string, stuff, stuff up, suffocate, suit, suite, sum, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, surround, swaddle, swarm, swarm with, swathe, take, tamp, tamper with, tank, team, teem with, terminate, throng, throng with, tidy sum, tie up, tin, top off, tote, transport, trey, tribe, trick, trip, tripack, troop, trouble, troupe, trump, truss, truss up, umbrella, vehicle, vent, wad, wads, waft, wainscot, warehouse, wedge, weight, whisk, white elephant, whole slew, wind up, wing, worlds of, wrap, wrap about, wrap up

ROGET THESAURUS

pack

Preparation

VB prepare, get ready, make ready, make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation, set in order, put in order, forecast, prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground, till the soil, cultivate the soil, predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine, lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations, dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding, lay the first stone, roughhew, cut out work, block out, hammer out, lick into shape, elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity, nurture, hatch, cook, brew, temper, anneal, smelt, barbecue, infumate, maturate, equip, arm, man, fit-out, fit up, furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge, dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up, refurbish, sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune, whet the knife, whet the sword, wind up, screw up, adjust, put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness, pack, train, inure, breed, prepare for, rehearse, make provision for, take steps, take measures, take precautions, provide, provide against, beat up for recruits, open the door to, set one's house in order, make all snug, clear the decks, clear for action, close one's ranks, shuffle the cards, prepare oneself, serve an apprenticeship, lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to, guard against, make sure against, forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest, lay in provisions, make investments, keep on foot, be prepared, be ready, hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry, lie in wait for, anticipate, principiis obstare, veniente occurrere morbo.

Arrangement

VB reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.

Assemblage

N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.

Hindrance

N hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

Location

VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.

Contraction

VB become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.