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Pack

Noun

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1.NounA bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
"The horses carried the packs across the plain."
2.NounA number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
3.NounA multitude.
"a pack of lies; a pack of complaints"
4.NounA number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
5.NounA full set of playing cards
"We were going to play cards, but nobody brought a pack."
6.NounThe assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
"cut the pack"
7.NounA group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
8.NounA wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
9.NounA flock of knots.
10.NounA group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
"a pack of thieves"
11.NounA group of Cub Scouts.
12.NounA shook of cask staves.
13.NounA bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
14.NounA large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
"The ship had to sail round the pack of ice."
15.NounAn envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
16.NounA loose, lewd, or worthless person.
"That stupid pack did nothing but stare at us throughout the whole project."
17.NounA tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
18.NounThe forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
"The captain had to take a man out of the pack to replace the injured fullback."
19.NounThe largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
20.NounA package of cigarettes.
"“Carlo, I told you that three packs a day would kill you long before I was gone.”"
21.VerbTo put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
"to pack goods in a box;  to pack fish; to pack a trunk;  the play, or the audience, packs the theater; The doctor gave Kelly some sulfa pills and packed his arm in hot-water bags.; to pack a joint;  to pack the piston of a steam engine;  pack someone's arm with ice.; the goods pack conveniently;  wet snow packs well; the grouse or the perch begin to pack"
22.VerbTo make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
"to pack goods in a box;  to pack fish"
23.VerbTo 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.
"to pack a trunk;  the play, or the audience, packs the theater"
24.VerbTo wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
"The doctor gave Kelly some sulfa pills and packed his arm in hot-water bags."
25.VerbTo make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
"to pack a joint;  to pack the piston of a steam engine;  pack someone's arm with ice."
26.VerbTo make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
27.VerbTo form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
"the goods pack conveniently;  wet snow packs well"
28.VerbTo gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
"the grouse or the perch begin to pack"
29.VerbTo combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
30.VerbTo compress (data).
31.VerbTo cheat. To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
"to pack a jury"
32.VerbTo sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
33.VerbTo bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
"to pack a jury"
34.VerbTo contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
35.VerbTo put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
36.VerbTo load with a pack.
"to pack a horse"
37.VerbTo load; to encumber.
38.VerbTo move, send or carry. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
"to pack a boy off to school; packing heat; A: What was he packing? B: He was packing an M1911 with a custom large-capacity magazine.; Wow, get a load of him — he's packing."
39.VerbTo cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
"to pack a boy off to school"
40.VerbTo transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
41.VerbTo depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
42.VerbTo carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
"packing heat; A: What was he packing? B: He was packing an M1911 with a custom large-capacity magazine."
43.VerbTo have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
"Wow, get a load of him — he's packing."
44.VerbTo wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
45.VerbTo block a shot, especially in basketball.
46.VerbTo play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
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