pack: Meaning and Definition of

pack

1. to make into a pack or bundle.
2. to form into a group or compact mass.
3. to fill with anything compactly arranged: to pack a trunk.
4. 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.
5. to press or crowd together within; cram: The crowd packed the gallery.
6. to prepare for marketing by putting into containers or packages: to pack fruit for shipping.
7. to make airtight, vaportight, or watertight by stuffing: to pack the piston of a steam engine.
8. to cover or envelop with something pressed closely around.
9. to load, as with packs: We packed the mules and then set off for the lake.
10. to carry or wear, esp. as part of one's usual equipment: to pack a gun.
11. 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.
12. to treat with a therapeutic pack.

1. to pack goods in compact form, as for transportation or storage (often fol. by up).
2. to place clothes and personal items in a suitcase, trunk, etc., preparatory to traveling.
3. to be capable of or suitable for compact storage or packing for transportation: articles that pack well.
4. to crowd together, as persons: The audience packed into the auditorium.
5. to become compacted: Wet snow packs readily.
6. to collect into a group: The grouse began to pack.
7. 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.
1. to give up; abandon one's efforts: In 1972 we packed it in and moved back to Florida.
2. to cease being a nuisance.
1. to dispatch: We packed the kids off to camp for the summer.
2. to leave hastily.

1. transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
2. compressed into a pack; packed.
3. used in or adapted for packing: pack equipment.
4. (of animals) tame.

pack

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.

pack

1. very friendly or intimate.