Pack
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Pack
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1 n.
A pact.
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2 n.
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.
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3 n.
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
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4 n.
A number or quantity of connected or similar things
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5 n.
A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
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6 n.
A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
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7 n.
A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
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8 n.
A shook of cask staves.
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9 n.
A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
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10 n.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
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11 n.
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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12 n.
A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.
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13 n.
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.
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14 n.
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.
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15 n.
To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
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16 n.
Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
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17 n.
To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
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18 n.
To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
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19 n.
To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
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20 n.
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
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21 n.
To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
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22 n.
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; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
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23 v. i.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
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24 v. i.
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.
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25 v. i.
To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
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26 v. i.
To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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27 v. i.
To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
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28 n.
A pact.
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29 n.
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.
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30 n.
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
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31 n.
A number or quantity of connected or similar things
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32 n.
A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
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33 n.
A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
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34 n.
A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
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35 n.
A shook of cask staves.
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36 n.
A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
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37 n.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
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38 n.
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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39 n.
A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.
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40 n.
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.
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41 n.
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.
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42 n.
To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
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43 n.
Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
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44 n.
To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
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45 n.
To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
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46 n.
To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
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47 n.
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
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48 n.
To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
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49 n.
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; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
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50 v. i.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
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51 v. i.
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.
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52 v. i.
To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
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53 v. i.
To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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54 v. i.
To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.