pack1 /pak/ noun- A bundle, esp orig one made to be carried on the back by a pedlar or pack animal
- A backpack, rucksack
- A collection, stock, or store
- A bundle of some particular kind or quantity (eg of wool approx 109kg (240lb))
- The quantity packed at a time or in a season
- A complete set of playing-cards
- A number of animals herding together or kept together for hunting
- A shepherd's own sheep grazing along with his employer's as part payment (Scot)
- The forwards in a Rugby football team
- The largest group of competitors during a race
- A group of Cub Scouts in the Scout movement or of Brownies in the Guide movement
- A worthless, disreputable or otherwise objectionable set of people
- A gang, eg of thieves
- A mass of pack ice
- A sheet for folding round the body to allay inflammation, fever, etc
- The use or application of such a sheet
- A built support for a mine-roof
- Packing material
- A cosmetic paste
- A number of photographic plates or films exposed together
- The act of packing or condition of being packed
- Mode of packing
- A person of worthless or bad character (obsolete)
- A compact package, esp of something for sale
- A number of similar products sold together
- A parachute folded in its fabric container
- A group (of eg submarines) acting together
transitive verb- To make into a bundled pack
- To place compactly in a box, bag, or the like
- To press together closely
- To compress
- To fill tightly or compactly
- To fill with anything
- To cram
- To crowd
- To envelop
- To surround closely
- To fill the spaces surrounding
- To prepare (food) for preservation, transport and marketing
- To send away, dismiss (usu with off)
- To form into a pack
- To load with a pack
- To carry in packs
- To have the capacity to deliver, as in pack a punch
- To carry or wear (a gun) (informal)
intransitive verb- To form into a pack
- To settle or be driven into a firm mass
- To form a scrum
- To be capable of being put into a compact shape
- To put one's belongings together in boxes, bags, etc, eg for a journey (often with up)
- To travel with a pack
- To take oneself off, to depart in haste (usu with off)
- To plot, intrigue, arrange privately (Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: ME packe, pakke, appar from MFlem pac or Du or LGer pak packˈage noun - The act, manner or privilege of packing
- A bundle, packet, or parcel
- A case or other receptacle for packing goods in
- A composite proposition, scheme, offer, etc in which various separate elements are all dealt with as essential parts of the whole (see also package deal below)
- A computer program in general form, to which the user adds any data applicable in a particular case
transitive verb To put into a container or wrappings, or into a package packˈaged adjective (lit and figurative) packˈager noun A specialist in the packaging of books, programs, etc packˈaging noun - Anything used to package goods
- The total presentation of a product for sale, ie its design, wrapping, etc
- The designing and complete production of eg illustrated books, programmes for television, etc for sale to a publisher, broadcasting company, etc
packˈer noun - A person who packs
- Someone who packs goods for sending out
- An employer or employee in the business of preparing and preserving food
- Someone who transports goods by means of pack animals (US)
- A machine or device for packing
packˈet noun - A small package
- A carton
- A ship or vessel employed in carrying packets of letters, passengers, etc
- A vessel plying regularly between one port and another (also packˈet-boat, packˈet-ship, etc)
- A large amount of money (informal)
- A small group
- A cluster of bacteria
- Used as equivalent to a quantum (figurative)
- A serious injury (slang)
- A block of coded data (computing; see packet switching below)
transitive verb To parcel up packˈing noun - The act of putting into packs or of tying up for carriage or storing
- Material for packing
- Anything used to fill an empty space or to make a joint watertight or airtight
package deal noun A deal which embraces a number of matters and has to be accepted as a whole, the less favourable items along with the favourable package holiday or package tour noun One in which all major elements, esp travel and accommodation, are pre-arranged by a tour company, to whom the holidaymaker pays a single fee pack animal noun An animal used to carry goods on its back packˈ-cinch /-sinsh/ noun A wide girth for a pack animal packˈcloth noun - A cloth in which goods are enclosed
- Packing-sheet
packˈ-drill noun A military punishment of marching about laden with full equipment packed file noun (computing) A file compressed to save space in transmission or on a disk packed lunch noun A lunch of sandwiches and other cold items prepared in advance and carried in a container packˈet-note noun A size of notepaper approx 14×23cm (orig 51/2×9in) packet sniffer noun (computing) A tool used to capture and decode packets of data being transmitted over a network packet switching noun (computing) A system of communication in which packets of data are transmitted between computers of varying types and compatibility packˈframe noun A rigid support to which a load such as a pack may be strapped for carrying on the back packˈhorse, etc noun - A horse, etc used to carry goods on its back
- A drudge
pack ice noun A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together by winds and currents packing box noun - A box or framework for packing goods in (also packing case)
- A stuffing box
packˈing-needˈle noun A strong needle for sewing up packages packˈing-paper noun A strong, thick kind of wrapping paper packˈing-press noun A press for squeezing goods into a compact form for packing packˈing-sheet or packˈsheet noun Coarse cloth for packing goods packˈ-load noun The load an animal can carry packˈman noun A pedlar or a man who carries a pack packˈmule noun A mule used for carrying burdens packˈ-rat noun A kind of long-tailed rat, native to the western part of N America packˈsaddle noun A saddle for packhorses, packmules, etc packsheet see packing-sheet above. pack shot noun (advertising) A close-up picture of the product being advertised packˈstaff noun A staff for supporting a pedlar's pack when he or she rests (see also pike2) packˈthread noun A coarse thread used to sew up packages packˈ-train noun A line of loaded pack animals on the move packˈ-twine noun Thin twine for tying up parcels packˈway noun A narrow path fit for packhorses pack it in or up (informal) To stop or give up doing something pack up (informal) - To stop
- To break down
send someone packing To dismiss someone summarily |