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Meaning:

Noun:

  • 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.
  • A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
  • A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
  • A group of Cub Scouts.
  • A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
  • An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
  • A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
  • A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang;
  • A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
  • A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
  • A shook of cask staves.
  • snooker|pool A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
  • slang: A loose, lewd, or worthless person.

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Verb:

  • transitive To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
  • intransitive 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.
  • intransitive To depart in haste; ? generally with off or away.
  • intransitive To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
  • intransitive To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
  • intransitive To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
  • transitive slang To carry (one or more firearms) about one's person.
  • transitive sports slang To block a shot, esp. in basketball.
  • transitive To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result
  • transitive To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; ? sometimes with off. See pack off
  • transitive To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
  • transitive To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
  • transitive 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,
  • transitive To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber
  • transitive 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;
  • transitive 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
  • transitive To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or animals).

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »