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The definition of a pack is a container for something to be carried or stored.

(noun)

An example of pack is a bag in which you'd put all your essentials for a long distance hiking trip.

Pack is defined as to put things together for storage or for moving from one place to another.

(verb)

An example of to pack is putting collectibles in a box to be stored away.
An example of to pack is putting your child's lunch in a lunch box for them to take to school.
An example of to pack is placing what you'll need for a weekend trip in a piece of luggage.

See pack in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a large bundle of things wrapped or tied up for carrying, as on the back of a man or animal; load; burden
a container in which something may be stored compactly: parachute pack
a number of similar or related persons or things; specif.,
1. a group or collection: a pack of lies
2. a package of a standard number: a pack of cigarettes
3. film pack
4. a set of playing cards; deck
5. a set of hunting hounds
6. a number of wild animals living and hunting together
7. a united group; gang; set
ice pack
1. treatment by wrapping a patient in blankets or sheets that are wet or dry and hot or cold
2. the blankets or sheets used
any of various cosmetic pastes applied to the skin and left to dry: mudpack
1. the amount of food put in cans, etc. in a season or year
2. a method of packing or canning: cold pack

Origin: ME pakke < MDu pak < MFl pac: term carried throughout Europe via the Low Countries' wool trade (as in Fr pacque, It pacco, Ir pac, ML paccus)

transitive verb

to make a pack, or bundle, of
1. to put together compactly in a box, trunk, etc. for carrying or storing
2. to fill (a box, bag, trunk, etc.) for carrying or storing
to put (food) in (cans, boxes, etc.) for preservation or sale
1. to fill closely; crowd; cram: a hall packed with people
2. to crowd or press (people) together
to fill in or surround tightly for protection, prevention of leaks, etc.: to pack valves
to press together firmly: packed earth
to load (an animal) with a pack
to carry (goods, equipment, etc.) in or as in a pack: said of an animal
to treat with a pack ()
to send (off), usually in haste: to pack a boy off to school
☆ Slang to wear or carry (a gun, etc.), esp. habitually
Slang
1. to deliver or be able to deliver (a blow, punch, etc.) with force
2. to provide or contain: a play that packs a message

Origin: ME pakken

intransitive verb

to make up packs
to put one's clothes, belongings, etc. into luggage for a trip: an hour in which to pack
to press, crowd, or throng together in a small space
to admit of being folded compactly, put in a container, etc.: a suit that packs well
☆ to settle into a compact or solid mass
to go away in haste: sometimes with off

adjective

1. used in packing
2. suitable for packing
formed in a pack or packs
used for carrying packs, loads, etc.: a pack animal

Related Forms:

packable adjective

transitive verb

to choose or arrange (a jury, court, etc.) in such a way as to get desired decisions, results, etc.

Origin: < ? pact, but infl. by pack

adjective

Scot. closely acquainted; intimate

Origin: prob. altered < pact, ult. < L pactus: see pact

☆

a package of (a specified number of) cans or bottles, as of beer

See pack in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
b. A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.
A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items: a pack of matches.
a. A complete set of related items: a pack of cards.
b. Informal A large amount; a heap: earned a pack of money.
a. A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.
b. A gang of people: a pack of hoodlums.
c. An organized troop having common interests: a Cub Scout pack. See Synonyms at flock¹.
A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together.
Medicine
a. The swathing of a patient or a body part in hot, cold, wet, or dry materials, such as cloth towels, sheets, or blankets.
b. The materials so used.
c. A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound; packing.
An ice pack; an ice bag.
A cosmetic paste that is applied to the skin, allowed to dry, and then rinsed off.

verb packed, pack·ing, packs

verb, transitive

To fold, roll, or combine into a bundle; wrap up.
a. To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing: pack one's belongings.
b. To fill up with items: pack one's trunk.
To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell: packed the fruit in jars.
a. To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together: managed to pack 300 students into the lecture hall.
b. To fill up tight; cram.
Medicine
a. To wrap (a patient) in a pack.
b. To insert a pack into a body cavity or wound.
To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage: pack a valve stem.
To press together; compact firmly: packed the clay and straw into bricks.
Informal To carry, deliver, or have available for action: a thug who packed a pistol; a fighter who packs a hard punch.
To send unceremoniously: The parents packed both children off to bed.
To constitute (a voting panel) by appointment, selection, or arrangement in such a way that it is favorable to one's purposes or point of view; rig: “In 1937 Roosevelt threatened to pack the court” (New Republic).