pack¹ /pak/

1. A bundle, esp orig one made to be carried on the back by a pedlar or pack animal
2. A backpack, rucksack
3. A collection, stock, or store
4. A bundle of some particular kind or quantity (eg of wool approx 109kg (240lb))
5. The quantity packed at a time or in a season
6. A complete set of playing-cards
7. A number of animals herding together or kept together for hunting
8. A shepherd's own sheep grazing along with his employer's as part payment (Scot)
9. The forwards in a Rugby football team
10. The largest group of competitors during a race
11. A group of Cub Scouts in the Scout movement or of Brownies in the Guide movement
12. A worthless, disreputable or otherwise objectionable set of people
13. A gang, eg of thieves
14. A mass of pack ice
15. A sheet for folding round the body to allay inflammation, fever, etc
16. The use or application of such a sheet
17. A built support for a mine-roof
18. Packing material
19. A cosmetic paste
20. A number of photographic plates or films exposed together
21. The act of packing or condition of being packed
22. Mode of packing
23. A person of worthless or bad character (obsolete)
24. A compact package, esp of something for sale
25. A number of similar products sold together
26. A parachute folded in its fabric container
27. A group (of eg submarines) acting together

1. To make into a bundled pack
2. To place compactly in a box, bag, or the like
3. To press together closely
4. To compress
5. To fill tightly or compactly
6. To fill with anything
7. To cram
8. To crowd
9. To envelop
10. To surround closely
11. To fill the spaces surrounding
12. To prepare (food) for preservation, transport and marketing
13. To send away, dismiss (usu with off)
14. To form into a pack
15. To load with a pack
16. To carry in packs
17. To have the capacity to deliver, as in pack a punch
18. To carry or wear (a gun) (informal)

1. To form into a pack
2. To settle or be driven into a firm mass
3. To form a scrum
4. To be capable of being put into a compact shape
5. To put one's belongings together in boxes, bags, etc, eg for a journey (often with up)
6. To travel with a pack
7. To take oneself off, to depart in haste (usu with off)
8. To plot, intrigue, arrange privately (Shakespeare)

packˈage noun

1. The act, manner or privilege of packing
2. A bundle, packet, or parcel
3. A case or other receptacle for packing goods in
4. 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)
5. A computer program in general form, to which the user adds any data applicable in a particular case

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

1. Anything used to package goods
2. The total presentation of a product for sale, ie its design, wrapping, etc
3. The designing and complete production of eg illustrated books, programmes for television, etc for sale to a publisher, broadcasting company, etc

packˈer noun

1. A person who packs
2. Someone who packs goods for sending out
3. An employer or employee in the business of preparing and preserving food
4. Someone who transports goods by means of pack animals (US)
5. A machine or device for packing

packˈet noun

1. A small package
2. A carton
3. A ship or vessel employed in carrying packets of letters, passengers, etc
4. A vessel plying regularly between one port and another (also packˈet-boat, packˈet-ship, etc)
5. A large amount of money (informal)
6. A small group
7. A cluster of bacteria
8. Used as equivalent to a quantum (figurative)
9. A serious injury (slang)
10. A block of coded data (computing; see packet switching below)

To parcel up

packˈing noun

1. The act of putting into packs or of tying up for carriage or storing
2. Material for packing
3. 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

1. A cloth in which goods are enclosed
2. 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

1. A horse, etc used to carry goods on its back
2. A drudge

pack ice noun

A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together by winds and currents

packing box noun

1. A box or framework for packing goods in (also packing case)
2. 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

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