1. a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
2. a definite quantity or standard measure of something wrapped up or otherwise assembled for merchandising (sometimes used in combination): a pack of cigarettes; a six-pack of beer.
3. the quantity of something that is packaged, canned, or the like, at one time, in one season, etc.: last year's salmon pack.
4. a group of people or things: a pack of fools; a pack of lies.
5. a group of certain animals of the same kind, especially predatory ones: a pack of wolves.
6. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt.
7. a complete set of playing cards, usually 52 in number; deck.
8. backpack (def. 1).
9. a considerable area of pieces of floating ice driven or packed together.
10. a pile of metal sheets for hot-rolling together.
11. Medicine/Medical.
• a wrapping of the body in wet or dry cloths for therapeutic purposes.
• the cloths so used.
• the state of being so wrapped.
12. Mining.
• a rubble wall for supporting a roof.
• any of various other roof supports of timber, timber and rubble, or rubble and wire mesh.
13. a cosmetic material, usually of a pastelike consistency, applied either to the face or to the hair and scalp: a mud pack; a beauty pack; a henna pack.
14. pac² (def. 1).
15. a plot; conspiracy.
16. a low or worthless person.

17. to make into a pack or bundle.
18. to form into a group or compact mass.
19. to fill with anything compactly arranged: to pack a trunk.
20. to put into or arrange compactly in a trunk, valise, etc., as for traveling or storage: I packed a two-week supply of clothes for the trip.
21. to press or crowd together within; cram: The crowd packed the gallery.
22. to prepare for marketing by putting into containers or packages: to pack fruit for shipping.
23. to make airtight, vaportight, or watertight by stuffing: to pack the piston of a steam engine.
24. to cover or envelop with something pressed closely around.
25. to load, as with packs: We packed the mules and then set off for the lake.
26. to carry or wear, especially as part of one's usual equipment: to pack a gun.
27. to deliver (a powerful blow, strong message, etc.): He packs a better punch than any heavyweight in years.His speech packed a powerful plea for peace.
28. to treat with a therapeutic pack.

29. to place goods into containers in compact form, as for transportation or storage (often followed by up): I've packed up for the move, so I can't access my fabrics.
30. to place clothes and personal items in a suitcase, trunk, etc., preparatory to traveling: Make sure to pack lightly for this trip to Italy!
31. to be capable of or suitable for compact storage or packing for transportation: articles that pack well.
32. to crowd together, as persons: The audience packed into the auditorium.
33. to become compacted: Wet snow packs readily.
34. to collect into a group: The grouse began to pack.
35. to wear or carry a weapon, especially a gun: If she's arrested while she's packing, the sentence might be harsher.
36. to create a penile bulge in the crotch of one’s clothing using a prosthesis, padding, or other object of phallic shape, often done by gender-diverse people as part of their gender expression: I wasn't going to pack today, but I didn't feel as comfortable without it.

37. transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
38. compressed into a pack; packed.
39. used in or adapted for packing: pack equipment.
40. (of animals) tame.

41. to relinquish or give up; quit: One failure was no reason to pack the whole experiment in.After thirty years of touring, the violinist packed his career up and retired.
42. pack off / away
• to dispatch: We packed the kids off to camp for the summer.
• to leave hastily.

43. pack it in,
• to give up; abandon one's efforts: Ten years ago we packed it in and moved back to Florida.
• to cease being a nuisance.

1. to choose, collect, arrange, or manipulate (cards, persons, facts, etc.) so as to serve one's own purposes: to pack the deck; to pack a jury.

1. very friendly or intimate.

• a bundle or load, esp one carried on the back
• (as modifier)
2. a collected amount of anything
3. a complete set of similar things, esp a set of 52 playing cards
4. a group of animals of the same kind, esp hunting animals
5. any group or band that associates together, esp for criminal purposes
6. the forwards of a team or both teams collectively, as in a scrum or in rucking
7. the basic organizational unit of Cub Scouts and Brownie Guides
• a small package, carton, or container, used to retail commodities, esp foodstuffs, cigarettes, etc
• (in combination)
9. a small or medium-sized container of cardboard, paper, etc, often together with its contents
10. short for pack ice
11. the quantity of something, such as food, packaged for preservation
12. med
• a sheet or blanket, either damp or dry, for wrapping about the body, esp for its soothing effect
• a material such as cotton or gauze for temporarily filling a bodily cavity, esp to control bleeding
13. short for backpack, rucksack
14. a roof support, esp one made of rubble
15. short for face pack
16. a parachute folded and ready for use
17. computing another name for deck (def. 5)
18. to fall into a lower state or condition

19. to place or arrange (articles) in (a container), such as clothes in a suitcase
20. to roll up into a bundle
21. to press tightly together; cram
22. to fit (many things, experiences, etc) into a limited space or time
23. to form (snow, ice, etc) into a hard compact mass or (of snow, ice, etc) to become compacted
24. to press in or cover tightly
25. to load (a horse, donkey, etc) with a burden
26. to send away or go away, esp hastily
27. to seal (a joint) by inserting a layer of compressible material between the faces
28. to fill (a bearing or gland) with grease to lubricate it
29. to separate (two adjoining components) so that they have a predetermined gap between them, by introducing shims, washers, plates, etc
30. to treat with a pack
31. to be capable of inflicting (a blow)
32. to carry or wear habitually
33. to form a scrum
34. to carry (goods), esp on the back
35. to get ready to leave
36. to dismiss peremptorily

1. to fill (a legislative body, committee, etc) with one's own supporters

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