1A small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it.

1. 1.1 A set of playing cards.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • In some packs, the king of hearts is shown with a beard.
   • Deal out one card at a time to each player until the whole pack has been dealt.
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   • Some play that after the cut, the dealer looks at the bottom card of the pack.
   • Before each deal, there should be a shuffled pack lying face up at the new dealer's left.
   • Under certain conditions you can win the pile, and the object is to collect the whole pack of cards.
   • After the cards have been shuffled, each player draws a card from the pack.
   • Once all the cards in the pack have been dealt, it is impossible for any more hands to be dealt.
   • When the pack is used up, all the played and discarded cards are gathered and shuffled to form a new pack to deal from.
   • The dealer shuffles and offers the pack to his right hand neighbour to cut.
   • The whole pack is then placed face down in the centre of the table and the players take turns to draw cards one at a time from the top of the pack.
   • Canasta is normally played with two standard 52 card packs plus four jokers (two from each pack), making 108 cards in all.
   • In fact, Jass became so popular that the word Jass came to be used for any card game played with the Swiss pack.
   • The Joker is either the highest or lowest card in the pack again at the whim of the person playing the card.
   • The entire pack is dealt out, giving twelve cards to each player.
   • As each player folds, that player's cards are added to the bottom of the pack ready for the next deal.
   • The game is played with one joker only in the pack.
   • There are a few examples where a tarot pack is used to play a game which is not really of the tarot family.
   • A joker can represent any card of the pack, at the choice of the person who plays it to the discard pile.
   • When the whole pack has been dealt and the players have played their last four cards the play ends.
2. 1.2 A collection of related documents, especially one kept in a folder.
   an information pack

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I would be pleased to send an information pack to anyone interested in this worthwhile scheme.
   • They will be accompanied by an information pack and sticker with the next two years' collection details.
   • Information packs on the 2005 awards entry forms have been sent to schools and youth groups.
   • When your entry fee is received you will be sent an information pack confirming your venue for the first round and giving you lots of details about Westport and this great event.
   • Nomination details are set out in an information pack.
   • The tree warden has an information pack and will be meeting the conservation/landscape office to discuss ideas.
   • Information packs on fireworks laws have been sent to all licensed retailers, and illegal traders have been warned they will be stopped.
   • More than 60 potential buyers have signed confidentiality agreements and 37 have received information packs.
   • He denied having any part in writing the information packs and advertisements and said they were largely available when he arrived.
   • A council has been forced to reprint 16,000 postal voting packs after the first batch was declared null and void due to an administrative error, it emerged today.
   • Those schools who could not attend can collect their resource pack at the Carlow Enterprise Board office.
   • We are going to make an information pack and appoint a pupil who will make sure supply teachers have any resources they need.
   • These are now planning public meetings, mass leafleting, education packs and street stalls to let as many people as possible know about the upcoming protests and events.
   • However, the Minister recently expressed grave concern at the low uptake rate and launched an information pack in a bid to boost parent confidence.
   • The charities which benefit from the events have provided visiting speakers and information packs outlining their work and needs.
   • For classes, some books go on reserve, some materials go into course packs, and some copied excerpts are handed out in class.
   • The class sent away for a fundraising pack and received information and ideas as to how they could raise E1,000.
   • An information pack was sent to my home before the trial but I didn't understand all of it.
   • A walk pack including information and a sponsor form will be sent to you.
   • The Pier Hotel at Harwich is already involved, and historical packs with information on the town will also be sent out to potential clients.
3. 1.3often the pack A quantity of fish, fruit, or other foods packed or canned in a particular season.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Because of extremely low production in several of the major fisheries, the pack of canned fish in the United States and Alaska during the first nine months of 1946 was eight precent below last year, Milton C, James, Assistant Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, announced today.
   • First season's pack was 350 cases of fruit and tomatoes.

2A group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together.

1. 2.1 A group of hounds kept and used for hunting.
   the lead hound gives tongue and the pack takes off, following the line of scent

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He estimates no more than 25,000 foxes are caught by organised packs of hounds in a year.
   • Perhaps last year's foxhunting ban in England, which outlawed hunting the animals with packs of hounds, may tempt a few foxes back to the countryside.
   • The farmers who have seen dozens of horses tearing up land and leaving gaps in ditches as well as packs of hounds terrorising livestock will be familiar with the magnitude of the problem.
   • Our nearest neighbour across the water has its decision clear; hunting with packs of hounds will be banned.
   • This leaves the question of what would happen to the packs of fox-hounds throughout the country that would no longer be required.
   • The idea of grown men and women on horseback with packs of hounds, charging after one tiny animal is completely unacceptable.
   • Otter hunting was the oldest organized sport in Great Britain in which packs of scent hounds were used for hunting.
   • Fox hunting is a country sport and packs of hounds are kept especially for hunting.
   • In November 2004 there were 318 registered hound packs in England and Wales.
   • Only about 6 per cent of all the foxes killed are killed by packs of hounds and we do not think in the lowland areas, a ban will have any impact.
   • In Britain the debate has been about hunting foxes with packs of hounds and riders in red coats.
   • Hundreds of packs of fox hounds, hare hounds, deer hounds and other hunts and clubs are planning to meet on Saturday, the day after the ban comes into force.
   • Foxes, stags, and hares can venture out on a Spring morning without fear of the red coats and their packs of hounds.
   • Healthy hares can easily outrun foxes, but can rarely escape relentless packs of hounds chasing them for up to 90 minutes.
   • The law allows packs of hounds to be exercised, and absolves huntsmen from blame if dogs catch a scent and kill a fox, so long as they do not set out to go fox hunting and do everything they can to stop the chase and a kill taking place.
   • During the winter months, just in the relatively small county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, several packs of hounds will meet on any one day.
   • The poisoning of hounds forced half a dozen masters of packs of foxhounds to abandon hunting altogether, to the detriment of the local economy.
   • Other people will find that a host of allied trades from country clothing to leather and tackle products, not to mention the lives of packs of hounds, will disappear.
   • There are ways to kill foxes to keep the numbers down and it shouldn't be with the use of packs of ravenous hounds.
   • Now, when I say fox hunting I mean the pack hounds and mounted gentry type of hunt.
2. 2.2 An organized group of Cub Scouts or Brownies.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • At the beginning there were just two Brownie Packs and two Girl Guide companies with two leaders for each group.
   • Cub Scouting members join a Cub Scout pack and are assigned to a den, usually a neighborhood group of six to eight boys.
   • Troops and packs taking part must be registered by their leader by February 10.
   • Scout leaders say they feel badly let down and are concerned that if the individual packs continue to meet away from their home, their sense of group identity will disintegrate.
3. 2.3the pack The main body of competitors following the leader or leaders in a race or competition.
   Price broke from the pack to pursue him

   figurative Japanese cars are ahead of the pack in this category

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I could qualify near the bottom of the pack at the next race; you never know what's going to happen.
   • While Cejka and the rest of the leading pack continued to pick up strokes, Dyson fell further behind with bogies at the fifth a sixth holes, reaching the turn in 41.
   • Some leaders are looking for business tools to help them break away from the pack.
   • He might have been an outsider at school, a short lad who learnt to fight to escape bullying, but gritstone became the arena where he could prove himself to be ahead of the pack.
   • If you can teach your players the proper footwork, you'll be light years ahead of the pack.
   • Being on her home turf, health spokesperson Liz McManus was leader of the pack as they strolled down the main street.
   • Kaneb offers his thoughts on what sets Hood apart from the pack.
   • He is that, all right - the undisputed leader of the pack.
   • At the moment he is the leader of the pack, indisputably on top of the world and with Murali to chase him down, at the centre of one of the most fascinating duels the game has ever seen.
   • In short, the most dominant team is the team that stood out the most from the pack in a given season.
   • On a short track the objective is to clear traffic as quickly as possible, so much so that the leaders often will take an outside line to get into the corner ahead of the pack.
   • Candace Parker and Courtney Paris seem to have pulled ahead of the pack in the race for freshman of the year.
   • Rudi's Pet pulled out of the pack with two furlongs to go for a two-length victory.
   • But most believe Smith's ability will be enough to push him to the front of the pack early in the season, if not by the start of the year.
   • Bell, which makes savoury pies, pastries and cakes at bakeries in Shotts and Livingston, leads the pack of interested parties.
   • The Liberator 1, while late to the party, can't be easily dismissed from the pack of competitors seeking to win the prize.
   • He often was among the leaders in conditioning sprints after finishing well behind the pack in his rookie year.
   • Three times during the race, Martin charged from the back of the pack to the front, and his reward was a fifth-place finish.
   • I want to be the leader of the pack, and to reach that goal, I'm going to have to sail in uncharted waters.
   • He is somehow in 8th overall, even though the rest of the pack had raced away after he fell.
4. 2.4 A group of similar things or people, especially one regarded as unpleasant.
   the reports were a pack of lies

   this unsavoury pack of rogues

   a pack of girls in Georgia's class have been making her life a misery

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It's fun, but not distinctive enough to stand out from an increasingly crowded pack of action titles.
   • I gather up my trash and head back inside behind the pack of students.
   • Perhaps, in spite of the fact it's a pack of virulent lies, my response really will make a measurable difference in the quality and value of the products I buy every day.
   • Crowds, especially crowds that become hunting packs are very frightening.
   • Inside the show, it's one giant gang hug as packs of happy fans pose for snapshots with half-dressed porn stars.
   • Given the choice, she would rather have been anywhere but facing the press pack last night.
   • Carolina's offense, however, ranks near the middle of the pack in most offensive categories.
   • Outside the elite, the next 10 teams all appear able to beat each other on any given day and this has kept a whole pack of teams in a relatively close bunch.
   • The young often express their reverence by gathering in odorous packs and yelling loudly at bus stops.
   • Eriksson might have been wise during that press conference to have reminded the assembled pack of an old saying: those who shout loudest often have the least to say.
   • Padlin stumbled into the pack of bettors clustered at the waist-high fence.
   • In plush surroundings trimmed with red carpet, the cliques of minor celebrities gather in small, self-congratulatory packs, wine in hand.
   • Suddenly there is a commotion - a pack of motorcycles.
   • She gestured towards the pack of hollering boys who had their shirts off with body paint painted across their bodies.
   • Politicians are terrified by the prospect of the massed contempt of a pack of vociferous snobs; and so we get the sorts of public architecture and sculpture we get.
   • The ‘Tipton three’ may be telling a pack of lies, but this affair is so murky and so many backs are being covered that it is very difficult to form any kind of coherent judgement.
   • If you're trying to get attention and separate yourself from the pack, picking a good name is one of the best moves you can make.
   • There is such a great diverse and talented pack of bands here in the Twin Cities.
   • Just as predictably, the media pack has chased right behind the politicians.
   • I smiled and grabbed the food going into the next room to join the pack of friends that were partying.
5. 2.5Rugby A team's forwards considered as a group.
   I had doubts about Swansea's pack at the beginning of the season

   Example sentencesExamples

   • A forward from the pack should lead the team and spur them on.
   • The foundation of the Huddersfield success was a heavy pack with a powerful back row linking with well-organised half-backs.
   • It's easy to make parallels between the back rows but really a back row is only as good as the forward pack in front of it.
   • The forward packs from both teams appear to be where the strength lies.
   • Their pack won the forward battle hands down but it was period immediately before the break that ultimately decided the match.

3A rucksack.

4An expanse of large pieces of floating ice driven together into a nearly continuous mass, as occurs in polar seas.

5A hot or cold pad of absorbent material, especially as used for treating an injury.

1. 5.1
   short for face pack

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Atmosphere also offers algae body packs, pressotherapy, manicures and pedicures.
   • So it should come as no surprise that it leads the cosmetic pack again with its new range The Makeup.
   • To do a body pack, evenly apply it to your skin, beginning with your feet and working up so it remains on your face, where skin is thin and sensitive.
   • A fantastic value this very handy cosmetic pack offers convenient accessories for a beautifying facial regimen -- on the road, at the gym, or in the comfort of home.
   • Finally, she put on the contents of the hygiene pack: first the hair net, then the mask, then the safety goggles, then the gloves.
   • Instead, when warranted, use a light protein pack or hair mask followed by a clarifying shampoo.

1Fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel.

1. 1.1 Place (something) in a container for transport, storage, or sale.
   I packed up my stuff and drove to Detroit

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Dry them before you pack them into their containers or plastic bag and then put them in your luggage.
   • The entire community mobilises to pack items for transport by mule or horse across the border.
   • Imported apples are packed and graded using the latest technology including waxing, which gives them an extra shine.
   • Once inspected, the quills are packed into neat, 100-pound bundles before being graded and sold.
   • Because they had been so late, their luggage had to be manually packed in the luggage compartment, thus delaying the plane for another fifteen minutes.
   • He had gone down and packed it all up and had it put in storage until the day would come that he could move it all up to its new location.
   • They worked inside, in the packing houses, washing, sorting, grading, and packing oranges at a dizzying pace.
   • You pack it tightly inside a sturdy container, it is extremely flammable.
   • Sharon and Jane say they would normally suggest putting items into storage or packing them away in readiness for moving house.
   • The charity is even planning a portable gym that can be packed in a van and taken to village halls in the area.
   • The goods are packed into ‘Aquaboxes’, which also contain a tap and filtration packet, so that they can be turned into water purification containers.
   • She silently packed away everything except the cotton blanket wrapped around her, a piece of delicious looking bread, and the emerald.
   • His daily tasks include sorting out orders, packing the goods and transporting them to customers.
   • It is packed in an airtight container such as a foil pouch to prevent it from absorbing moisture.
   • He had packed his chute himself before it was put into storage at the airfield ready to be used two days later.
   • Unlike a lot of bands on the verge of a tour, they won't be going through the regular checklist of getting the van road-ready or packing sleeping bags.
   • Our waiter, considerate to the last, packed the leftovers neatly into a container to be reheated at home next day.
   • If you eat a lot of ice cream the containers with lids make a great receptacle for packing the caramel corn.
   • Smaller items are packed into shipping containers for the trip back to Australia.
   • Qualified deductions include the cost of packing and moving your household goods to your new home and the cost of transporting yourself and your family.

   Synonyms

   stow, put away, store, box up, crate

   put in a case/trunk
2. 1.2no object Be capable of being folded up for transport or storage.
   a pneumatic igloo tent that packs away compactly

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Be aware that trolley-bags usually have a chassis, so they do not fold up and pack away so easily.
3. 1.3 Store (something perishable) in a specified substance in order to preserve it.
   the organs were packed in ice

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The vital marrow - which can only be kept for 72 hours - was due to arrive at St James's Hospital in Leeds packed in ice for the flight from America.
   • Fruits that are to be eaten raw, and so cannot be blanched, are often packed in sugar or dipped in syrup before freezing, to exclude air and thus inhibit enzyme action.
   • For the most part it was meat packed in ice, thawed and heated in the evenings.
   • It would have been packed in salt in order to make the journey.
   • Callum and his finger, packed in ice, were taken to Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester, where surgeons worked for nine hours to try to re-attach it.
   • Glasshouse plants used for nodule enzyme activity measurements were unpotted, rinsed free of sand and packed in ice.
   • We advised the fingertip be packed in ice in line with Booth Hall's recommendation.
   • Captain Leonard B. Smith, whose ship brought the first cargo of ice packed in sawdust to the island, suggested a bridge that would float away.
   • The are usually packed in olive oil or vinegar, and are frequently slit so they absorb the flavor of the wine vinegar marinade in which they are soaked.
   • She was revolted by bags of pre-prepared potatoes, smothered in gloopy preservative and packed in plastic.
   • These were packed in a carton of ten, wrapped in a black cover to exclude light.
   • The vital marrow was packed in ice for the flight from the USA and given to Mr Worral to help him fight the myeloid leukaemia he was diagnosed with in September.
   • It was packed in ice but at Broomfield Hospital's specialist plastic surgery unit, medics said there would be a high risk of infection so were unable to sew it back on.
   • With no preservatives or additives, Ultra Creamy is packed in two stick boxes that retail at $2.59.

2Cram a large number of things into.

1. 2.1often as adjective packed (of a large number of people) crowd into and fill (a place)
   a packed Merseyside pub

   Example sentencesExamples

   • American music filled the room and the dance floor was packed with merrymakers.
   • He was overwhelmed at the number of people packed into the council's chamber and was stunned at the cheers and applause he received.
   • The Kohl Center was filled to capacity as 19,790 fans packed the stands to see the game.
   • Record crowds packed into the 60th anniversary Tockwith Agricultural Show during an exciting weekend of events.
   • Drawn in part by the buzz surrounding the film, people packed the theaters and formed long lines for tickets.
   • Students and community members packed the Great Hall for a touching vigil for the victims of the recent tsunami disaster in southeast Asia.
   • Bleachers surround the court, and the park is packed for every game.
   • Local community leaders from 27 villages, students and teachers packed into city hall last Thursday as part of a volunteer training seminar.
   • Scattered showers failed to dampen the spirits of the crowds who yesterday packed into the 250-acre showground.
   • A massive crowd packed into the Currane venue and they were entertained wonderfully by the excellent standard of the competitors.
   • Rescuers then gave him oxygen, and his colleagues packed into a tent around him to help speed the warming process, but it was three hours before it was judged safe to move him from the mountains.
   • Record crowds packed into the Yorkshire Air Show yesterday for the greatest display in the event's history.
   • Huge crowds packed the streets, many weeping as rice showered down from balconies and church bells rang out to mark the passing of the funeral cortège.
   • The room is packed with press from all over the state and from national agencies.
   • The place was packed, but the crowd waited patiently for a long time to get the singer's autograph.
   • Crowds packed along the route to watch the convoy make its hour long journey to the hospital, where they delivered their goodies to the children on the wards.
   • A large proportion of the crowd took shelter in the few tents provided on site, which then became impossible to use for their intended purpose due to the huge numbers packed inside.
   • Scarlett looked around the huge room which was packed to capacity.
   • Crowds packed into halls and bars to hear Mick's songs and stories which he had perfected to a fine art.
   • The spacious Town Hall in the South Mayo Capital was packed to full capacity for the 8.30 pm show.

   Synonyms

   crowded, full, filled, filled to capacity, thronged, mobbed, loaded, crammed, jammed, solid, packed like sardines, overcrowded, overfull, overloaded, brimful, alive, teeming, seething, swarming
2. 2.2 Cover, surround, or fill (something)
   if you have a nosebleed, try packing the nostrils with cotton wool

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The wound may be packed (usually with iodoform gauze) to encourage further drainage.
   • You are much better off putting the keg into an empty garbage can and packing the surrounding space with ice.
   • Numerous small vacuoles pack the bundle sheath cell and the walls of these cells are not folded.
   • I cut my palms when I was nine, again on the bars, and one of my coaches packed the blisters with chalk and covered them with surgical tape before lifting me back up to the bar.
   • Open incisions are packed with sterile, saline-soaked laparotomy sponges and then covered with sterile drapes.
   • When the ‘toddlers' truce’ was lifted the search was on for programmes to pack the vacant hour; Twizzle helped fill the vacuum.

   Synonyms

   wrap (up), package, parcel, tie (up), swathe, swaddle, encase, enfold, envelop, cloak, bale, bundle, cover (up), protect

   throng, crowd (into), fill (to overflowing), cram full, mob, cram, jam, press into, squash into, squeeze into

3Rugby
no object (of players) form a scrum.

4informal Carry (a gun)

Fill (a jury, committee, etc.) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision.