pack

pack
Verb: To place together and prepare for transportation, as to make up a bundle or bale. State v Parsons, 124 Mo 436, 27 SW 1102. To put in a container. To admit more people into a place than it will hold comfortably. To fill a theater, auditorium, or other place of public exhibition or entertainment. Colloquially, in the Midwest, to carry a bundle, basket, or bag. Noun: A package; a bundle. The stores of an expedition carried in vehicles, cm the backs of animals, or oil the shoulders of men.

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  • pack — pack …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Pack — Pack, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. {Packet}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pack — [ pak ] n. m. • 1817; angl. pack ice « paquet de glace » 1 ♦ Mar. Banquise ou agglomération de glace de mer en dérive. 2 ♦ (1912) Au rugby, L ensemble des avants. Recomm. offic. paquet. 3 ♦ (1970) Anglic. Emballage réunissant un lot d une même… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pack — (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pack — may refer to: Backpack Pack (canine), family structure of wild animals of the biological family Canidae Pack hunter, other animals that hunt in a group Cub scouts group, or a group or gang in a larger sense, as in Leader of the Pack. Playing… …   Wikipedia

  • Pack — bezeichnet: im abwertenden Sinne Gesindel eine gebündelte Verpackung die Klimaanlage bei Flugzeugen, die von den Triebwerken angetrieben wird, siehe Klimaanlage (Flugzeug) eine 1977 gegründete Punkband aus München Pack bezeichnet in der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pack — pack1 [pak] n. [ME pakke < MDu pak < MFl pac: term carried throughout Europe via the Low Countries wool trade (as in Fr pacque, It pacco, Ir pac, ML paccus)] 1. a large bundle of things wrapped or tied up for carrying, as on the back of a… …   English World dictionary

  • pack — Ⅰ. pack [1] ► NOUN 1) a cardboard or paper container and the items inside it. 2) Brit. a set of playing cards. 3) a collection of related documents. 4) a group of animals that live and hunt together. 5) chiefly derogatory a group or set of… …   English terms dictionary

  • Pack — Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. [1913 Webster] 2. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pack — [n1] kit, package backpack, baggage, bale, bundle, burden, equipment, haversack, knapsack, load, luggage, outfit, parcel, rucksack, truss; concepts 260,446,496 pack [n2] group, bunch assemblage, band, barrel, bundle, circle, collection, company,… …   New thesaurus

  • pack# — pack n *bundle, bunch, package, packet, bale, parcel pack vb Pack, crowd, cram, stuff, ram, tamp are comparable when they mean to fill tightly or cause to fill tightly something which holds a limited amount or presents a limited space. Pack, in… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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