31. (v.t.)pack to choose, collect, arrange, or manipulate (cards, persons, facts, etc.) so as to serve one's own purposes: to pack a jury.
Etymology: (1520–30; perh. alter. of obs. v. der. of pact ,
Definition of 'Pack'
Princeton's WordNet
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"
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"
1. (verb)pack to put clothes in suitcases, or possessions in boxes in order to travel She packed up everything she owned and left.; I'm packing for my trip tomorrow.
2. pack to fill a place completely The singer's fans packed the stadium.; a bus packed with screaming kids
3. pack to put a product into its container to be sold tuna packed in oil; a meat packing plant
4. pack to press a mass of sth tightly into a small space Pack the brown sugar into the cup.; She packed the snow to make a snowball.
5. (noun)pack a number of the same product sold as a unit a pack of cigarettes; There are eighteen in each pack.; a pack of eighteen
6. pack six-pack/four-pack etc. a product containing six/four etc. of the same item two six-packs of soda/beer
7. pack a backpack campers loading up their packs
8. pack a group of animals of the same type that live together a pack of wolves
9. pack a group of people of the same type, who you disapprove of a pack of liars/idiots
10. pack lead the pack to be performing better than others doing similar things Which state is leading the pack in wind technology?
10. (noun)Pack a largearea 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 closeorder or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to packfish
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 givingpassage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steamengine
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