Sekirov Dictionary

pack

/pæk/

verb26

  1. to put things close together in a box, bag or case, so that they fit and stay safe
  2. To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
  3. 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.
  4. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
  5. To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
  6. To compress (data).
  7. (historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
  8. To move, send or carry.
  9. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
  10. To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
  11. (slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
  12. To cheat.
  13. To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
  14. To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
  15. To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
  16. To load with a pack.
  17. (figurative) To load; to encumber.
  18. To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
  19. (slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
  20. (US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
  21. To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
  22. (slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
  23. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
  24. To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
  25. To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
  26. To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.

noun20

  1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
  2. A multitude.
  3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
  4. A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or living together.
  5. A group of wolves, hunting together.
  6. A flock of knots.
  7. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
  8. A group of Cub Scouts.
  9. A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
  10. The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
  11. The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
  12. A package of cigarettes.
  13. A shook of cask staves.
  14. A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
  15. A full set of playing cards
  16. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
  17. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
  18. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
  19. (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
  20. 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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Phrases with pack

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