Pack : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pack	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Pack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pack n a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" Synonym(s): battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack a complete collection of similar things a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" Synonym(s): gang, pack, ring, mob an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose Synonym(s): clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp a group of hunting animals a cream that cleanses and tones the skin Synonym(s): pack, face pack a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect a bundle (especially one carried on the back) v arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes" Antonym(s): take out, unpack fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house" compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" Synonym(s): pack, bundle, wad, compact carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury" 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" Synonym(s): carry, pack, take press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" Synonym(s): throng, mob, pack, pile, jam hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies" Synonym(s): backpack, pack press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" Synonym(s): tamp down, tamp, pack seal with packing; "pack the faucet" have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" Synonym(s): compact, pack load with a pack Synonym(s): pack, load down 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pack \Pack\, n. 1. (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called {dry pack}, {wet pack}, {cold pack}, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated. 2. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage. {Pack and prime} {road [or] way}, a pack road or bridle way.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pack \Pack\, v. t. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pack \Pack\, n. [Cf. {Pact}.] A pact. [Obs.] --Daniel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pack \Pack\, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. {Packet}.] 1. 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. --Piers Plowman. 2. [Cf. {Peck}, n.] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. [bd]A pack of sorrows.[b8] [bd]A pack of blessings.[b8] --Shak. Note: [bd]In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.[b8] --McElrath. 3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as: (a) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack. (b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together. (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. (d) A shook of cask staves. (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously. 4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. --Kane. 5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment. 6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p[?]can to deceive.] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See {Baggage}. [Obs.] --Skelton. {Pack animal}, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs. {Pack cloth}, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. {Pack horse}. See {Pack animal} (above). {Pack ice}. See def. 4, above. {Pack moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Anacampsis sarcitella}) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics. {Pack needle}, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --Piers Plowman. {Pack saddle}, a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. --Shak. {Pack staff}, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff. {Pack thread}, strong thread or small twine used for tying packs or parcels. {Pack train} (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pack \Pack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. 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; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. --Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. --Shak. 2. 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. 3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pack \Pack\, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. 2. 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. 3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.] 4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away. Poor Stella must pack off to town --Swift. You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. --Tennyson. 5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] [bd]Go pack with him.[b8] --Shak. {To send packing}, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. [bd]The parliament . . . presently sent him packing.[b8] --South.