1. (noun)battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack a large indefinite number "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
2. (noun)pack a complete collection of similar things
3. (noun)pack a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
4. (noun)gang, pack, ring, mob an association of criminals "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"
5. (noun)clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
6. (noun)pack a group of hunting animals
7. (noun)pack, face pack a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
8. (noun)pack a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
9. (verb)pack a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
10. (verb)pack arrange in a container "pack the books into the boxes"
11. (verb)pack fill to capacity "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house"
12. (verb)pack, bundle, wad, compact compress into a wad "wad paper into the box"
13. (verb)pack carry, as on one's back "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"
14. (verb)pack set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome "pack a jury"
15. (verb)carry, pack, 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"
16. (verb)throng, mob, pack, pile, jam press tightly together or cram "The crowd packed the auditorium"
17. (verb)backpack, pack hike with a backpack "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"
18. (verb)tamp down, tamp, pack press down tightly "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
19. (verb)pack seal with packing "pack the faucet"
20. (verb)compact, pack have the property of being packable or of compacting easily "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
21. (verb)pack, load down load with a pack
22. (verb)pack 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"
Definitions of 'PACK'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)PACK a pact
2. (noun)PACK 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
3. (noun)PACK a number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden
4. (noun)PACK a number or quantity of connected or similar things
5. (noun)PACK a full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack
6. (noun)PACK a number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together
7. (noun)PACK a number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves
8. (noun)PACK a shook of cask staves
9. (noun)PACK a bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously
10. (noun)PACK a large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely
11. (noun)PACK an envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment
12. (noun)PACK a loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage
13. (noun)PACK 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
14. (noun)PACK 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
15. (noun)PACK to sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly
16. (noun)PACK hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes
17. (noun)PACK to contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot
18. (noun)PACK to load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse
19. (noun)PACK to cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school
20. (noun)PACK to transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts)
21. (noun)PACK to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5
22. (noun)PACK 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
23. (verb)PACK to make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation
24. (verb)PACK 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
25. (verb)PACK to gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack
26. (verb)PACK to depart in haste; -- generally with off or away
27. (verb)PACK to unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion