pack

pack
    n 1: a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a
         multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" [syn:
         {battalion}, {large number}, {multitude}, {plurality},
         {pack}]
    2: a complete collection of similar things
    3: a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
    4: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the
       gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: {gang}, {pack}, {ring},
       {mob}]
    5: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn:
       {clique}, {coterie}, {ingroup}, {inner circle}, {pack},
       {camp}]
    6: a group of hunting animals
    7: a cream that cleanses and tones the skin [syn: {pack}, {face
       pack}]
    8: a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the
       body for its therapeutic effect
    9: a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
    v 1: arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes"
         [ant: {take out}, {unpack}]
    2: fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert
       halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house"
    3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: {pack},
       {bundle}, {wad}, {compact}]
    4: carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the
       mountain"
    5: set up a committee or legislative body with one's own
       supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury"
    6: 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" [syn: {carry}, {pack}, {take}]
    7: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
       auditorium" [syn: {throng}, {mob}, {pack}, {pile}, {jam}]
    8: hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in
       the Rockies" [syn: {backpack}, {pack}]
    9: press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container
       to make espresso" [syn: {tamp down}, {tamp}, {pack}]
    10: seal with packing; "pack the faucet"
    11: have the property of being packable or of compacting easily;
        "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not
        pack well" [syn: {compact}, {pack}]
    12: load with a pack [syn: {pack}, {load down}]
    13: 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"
    

Pack \Pack\ (p[a^]k), n. [Cf. {Pact}.]
   A pact. [Obs.] --Daniel.
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Pack \Pack\, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa,
   Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. {Packet}.]
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   1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a
      bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a
      bale, as of goods. --Piers Plowman.
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   2. [Cf. {Peck}, n.] A number or quantity equal to the
      contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. "A pack
      of sorrows." "A pack of blessings." --Shak.
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   Note: "In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of
         wool, 240 lbs." --McElrath.
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   3. A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a
      pack of lies; specifically:
      (a) A full set of playing cards; a deck; also, the
          assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre
          pack.
      (b) A number of wolves, hounds or dogs, hunting or kept
          together; as, a wolf pack.
      (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad
          design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or
          knaves.
      (d) A shook of cask staves.
      (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling
          simultaneously.
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   4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together
      more or less closely. --Kane.
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   5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic
      practice, called {dry pack}, {wet pack}, {cold pack},
      etc., according to the method of treatment.
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   6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p[=ae]can to deceive.] A
      loose, lewd, or worthless person. See {Baggage}. [Obs.]
      --Skelton.
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   7. (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or
      sheets called {dry pack}, {wet pack}, {cold pack}, etc.,
      according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used,
      put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact
      or condition of being so treated.
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   8. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the
      scrummage; also, the scrummage.
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   {Pack animal}, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in
      carrying packs.

   {Pack and prime road} or {Pack and prime way}, a pack road or
      bridle way.

   {Pack cloth}, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering
      packs or bales.

   {Pack horse}. See {Pack animal} (above).

   {Pack ice}. See def. 4, above.

   {Pack moth} (Zool.), a small moth ({Anacampsis sarcitella})
      which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool
      and woolen fabrics.

   {Pack needle}, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --Piers
      Plowman.

   {Pack saddle}, a saddle made for supporting the load on a
      pack animal. --Shak.

   {Pack staff}, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's
      staff.

   {Pack train} (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
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Pack \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 arrange compactly as in a pack;
      to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack
      goods in a box; to pack fish.
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            Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
                                                  --Addison.
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            Where . . . the bones
            Of all my buried ancestors are packed. --Shak.
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   2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and
      securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or
      to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to
      crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the
      audience, packs the theater.
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   3. To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as
      to secure the game unfairly; to stack[3] (the deck).
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            And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
                                                  --Pope.
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   4. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and
      fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to
      stack[3]; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.
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            The expected council was dwindling into . . . a
            packed assembly of Italian bishops.   --Atterbury.
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   5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.]
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            He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely
            devised and packed by his enemies.    --Fuller.
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   6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to
      pack a horse.
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            Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.
                                                  --Shack.
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   7. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings;
      esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to {send
      packing}; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to
      school.
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            He . . . must not die
            Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.
                                                  --Shak.
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   8. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e.,
      on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]
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   9. (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within
      numerous coverings. See {Pack}, n., 5.
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   10. (Mech.) To render impervious, as by filling or
       surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust
       so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or
       steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam
       engine.
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   11. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;
       specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet,
       within numerous coverings.
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Pack \Pack\, v. i.
   1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles
      securely for transportation.
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   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 compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently;
      wet snow packs well.
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   3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the
      perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
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   4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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            Poor Stella must pack off to town     --Swift.
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            You shall pack,
            And never more darken my doors again. --Tennyson.
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   5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes;
      to join in collusion. [Obs.] "Go pack with him." --Shak.
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   {To send packing}, to drive away; to send off roughly or in
      disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . .
      . presently sent him packing." --South.
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546 Moby Thesaurus words for "pack":
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      age group, amassment, amount, army, assemblage, assembly, backing,
      backpack, bag, baggage, bale, band, bar, barrel, barricade, basket,
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      dope, dose, drench, drift, drive, drive away, drive off,
      drogue chute, drove, dry plate, duffel bag, dummy, embarrassment,
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      haversack, heap, heap up, heaps, hearts, herd, hive, horde, host,
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      inscribe, interline, invest, jack, jam, jam-pack, jar, joker,
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      litter, load, loads, lock, lodge, lot, lots, lug, luggage, lumber,
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      movement, much, muchness, multiplicity, multiply, multitude,
      negative, nest, nosegay, number, numbers, obstipate, obstruct,
      occlude, onus, oodles, orthochromatic film, out-group, outfit,
      overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overflow with,
      overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack away, pack in,
      pack off, pack the deal, pack up, package, packet, pad, pair,
      panchromatic film, parachute, parachute jump, parcel, part, party,
      payload, peck, peer group, penalty, phalanx, photographic paper,
      picture cards, pile, piles, plan, plant, plate, platoon,
      playing cards, plot, plug, plug up, plurality, pocket, pod,
      portion, posse, posy, pot, prearrange, preconcert, precontrive,
      predesign, premeditate, preorder, press, pride, print,
      printing paper, pullulate with, put away, quantities, quantity,
      queen, quit, quite a few, quite a little, quiver, raft, rafts, ram,
      ram in, rate, ration, regiment, retouch, rig, roll, roll up, root,
      rouleau, round, rout, royal flush, rubber, ruck, rucksack, ruff,
      sack, salon, salt, satiate, saturate, scads, scheme, school,
      scores, seat, send away, send off, series, set, set in, set up,
      settle, sew up, sheaf, sheathe, ship, shipment, shoal, shroud,
      shroud lines, shut off, shut out, shut tight, sight, singleton,
      skulk, sky dive, slew, slews, sloth, small amount, smother, soak,
      sophisticate, sound film, sound track, sound-on-film, soundstripe,
      spades, spate, spile, squad, squeeze, squeeze shut, stable, stack,
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      stereotype, stifle, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, store, stow,
      straight, strangle, strangulate, string, stuff, stuff up,
      suffocate, suit, suite, sum, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge,
      surfeit, surround, swaddle, swarm, swarm with, swathe, take, tamp,
      tamper with, tank, team, teem with, terminate, throng, throng with,
      tidy sum, tie up, tin, top off, tote, transport, trey, tribe,
      trick, trip, tripack, troop, trouble, troupe, trump, truss,
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      warehouse, wedge, weight, whisk, white elephant, whole slew,
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