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Meaning pack meaning

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Definitions in simple English

pack

When you pack something, you put it in a container to carry with you. Did you pack your swimming suit? When you pack a container, you put things in it to carry with you. The students have all packed their bags and left for the summer. It's time to pack up and go. If you pack a place or a container with something (or pack something in a place or container), you put a lot inside. The hall was packed with visitors. If you pack something like snow or earth, you press it to make it take up less space. All the runners had packed the earth hard. If you pack a gun, you carry it with you. If you pack something away, you put it away in a container. If you pack it in, you give up.

pack

A pack is a container that things are sold in. Cigarettes were selling for over $10 a pack. A pack is a bag used to carry things, usually on your back. My spare clothes are in my pack. A pack of cards is a set of 52 playing cards. A pack is a group of animals, usually that hunt together. A pack of people is a group, usually not a nice group. A pack of lies is something that is completely untrue. An ice pack is something cold that you put on an injury.

pack

arrange in a container pack the books into the boxes (= wad) compress into a wad wad paper into the box carry, as on one's back Pack your tents to the top of the mountain fill to capacity This singer always packs the concert halls The murder trial packed the court house set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome pack a jury a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) a complete collection of similar things (= battalion, multitude, plurality) a large indefinite number a battalion of ants a multitude of TV antennas a plurality of religions treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood The nurse packed gauze in the wound You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice a group of hunting animals a bundle (especially one carried on the back) a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect a cream that cleanses and tones the skin seal with packing pack the faucet load with a pack (= compact) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily This powder compacts easily Such odd-shaped items do not pack well (= backpack) hike with a backpack Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies (= carry, take) have with oneself; have on one's person She always takes an umbrella I always carry money She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains (= gang) an association of criminals police tried to break up the gang a pack of thieves (= tamp) press down tightly tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso press tightly together or cram The crowd packed the auditorium (= clique) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

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Conjugation pack conjugation

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pack · verb

Examples pack examples

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Simple sentences

You pack your suitcases.
Did you pack any snacks?
Pack them in the box.
You're such a pack rat.
He smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.
I told my wife: Liliane, pack up the bags, we're going back to Paris.
Shall we pack everything together?
Because I do sit-ups every day, you can finally see my six pack.
When Tom opened the door, he saw Mary standing there with a six-pack and a pizza.
These pills come in a blister pack.
You should pack a lunch so you'll have something to eat on your hike.
I'll help you pack.
Pack your bags. You're fired.
He fastened the horse's pack with a rope.
He put a pack of cigarettes on the table.
She helped me pack my suitcase.
My father smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.
There was a pack of paper on the table.
An ice pack will numb the pain.
Some people are sure to ask, why don't we just pack up and leave Afghanistan?
It took me ages to pack up my stuff.

Movie subtitles

Go home and pack your things.
Elders, you may as well pack all your things.
Right, my back pack.
Well, I guess we should, um, get the girls to pack up this big-ass dress.
Pack!
Pack your suitcase, come on.
A pack of beggars is a pack of devils.
Sister, get me a sterile dressing and an ice pack.
I put two sets of underwear-- new ones-- in your pack.
Not even old enough to carry a pack.
Drink or pack your bags.
Don't pack, you're not going anywhere.
Drink or pack your bags. - He's just after his cut!
Fellows, let's all pack up a lunch and go down to the old barn.
Oh, she told me a pack of lies about an expected remittance or something.
We must buy tickets and pack and get you off quickly.
Pack?
No, dear, I've got to pack. I'll come later.
But there's nothing to pack.
You two pack your tennis rackets and go back where you belong.
Go pack your stuff.
What was in that pack, Parker?
You will pack your things at once. - Yes, monsieur.
Pack up and go.
I know you've never been the type to pack on the pounds.
Come on! I only eat bugs when I'm really hungry, like when my mom sleeps in and forgets to pack my lunch.
So he needs to, you know, solidify his pack and to make himself stronger.
You're already an Alpha of your own pack.
In season two, Derek's goal is really to, you know, solidify his pack and to make himself stronger.
They're now part of his family, part of his pack.
I'm going to help you stop him as part of your pack.
I want Derek and his pack.
A pack of them.
The Alpha pack is like an all-star pack of werewolves.
We can't beat a pack of alphas.
Pack! Pack! Pack!

News and current affairs

While the United States is ahead of the pack, some of its gains could soon be lost, as accumulating inventories begin eroding profits.
Once their allotted time is up - or their funds run out - they tend to pack up and leave.
Moreover, in the case of Nuremberg, the prosecutors and judges could pack up their bags after the trial and leave Germany for their several homes.
I have some advice for you, Diego: now that the hospital has discharged you, pack your bags and head for the airport.
It cannot simply pack up and move on when it faces a loss or is bored with a story.
He was not perceived as a man from the Kremlin's ragged--through so many government reshuffles--pack of political cards.
Snow pack in the mountains is melting earlier in the season, so that river water is less available during summer growing seasons.
Can the most determined pro-integration Europeans leave the pack without being paralyzed by the coalition of the unwilling?
The idea that one must somehow supplant one's mentor, cast the previous generation out into the wilderness, and make oneself the leader of the pack seems to obsess men.
Every time a government, or a regulator, announces some new control, or a tightening of existing controls, there are threats from bankers that they will pack up and leave town, taking their Porsches and mistresses with them.
But that doesn't mean that voters are ready to take a leap in the dark by placing their faith in a pack of preening demagogues surfing on discontent and fear.
Until then, the only way to reach Mecca was by pack animal.
Congressman Ron Paul has been leading the pack hunting the Fed, but he is by no means as isolated a voice as he was two years ago.

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