pack1

noun

• 1a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it:a pack of cigarettes
• (often the pack) a quantity of fish, fruit, or other foods packed or canned in a particular season.

• 2a group of similar things or people, especially one regarded as unpleasant:the reports were a pack of lies
• British a set of playing cards.
• a collection of related documents:an information pack
• (Pack) an organized group of Cub Scouts or Brownies.
• Rugby a team’s forwards considered as a group: I had doubts about Swansea’s pack at the beginning of the season
• (the pack) the main body of competitors following the leader or leaders in a race or competition:Price broke from the pack to pursue him figurativeJapanese cars are ahead of the pack in this category

• 3a group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together: a pack of wolves will encircle an ailing prey
• a group of hounds kept and used for hunting: the lead hound gives tongue and the pack takes off, following the line of scent

• 4a rucksack: we picked up our packs and trudged off

• 5 (also ice pack) an expanse of large pieces of floating ice driven together into a nearly continuous mass, as occurs in polar seas.

• 6a hot or cold pad of absorbent material, especially as used for treating an injury.

verb

• 1fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel:I packed a bag and left [no object]:she had packed and checked out of the hotel
• place (something) in a container for transport, storage, or sale:I packed up my stuff and drove to Detroit
• [no object] be capable of being folded up for transport or storage:a pneumatic igloo tent that packs away compactly
• store (something perishable) in a specified substance in order to preserve it:the organs were packed in ice

• 2cram a large number of things into:it was a large room, packed with beds jammed side by side
• (often as adjective packed) (of a large number of people) crowd into and fill (a place):a packed Merseyside pub
• cover, surround, or fill (something):if you have a nosebleed, try packing the nostrils with cotton wool

• 3 [no object] Rugby (of players) form a scrum:we often packed down with only seven men

• 4 informal carry (a gun): he packs a gun and keeps it at the ready (as adjective, in combination -packing)a pistol-packing cop