Meaning

23 senses
  1. To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

    (physical, transitive)To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack

    to pack goods in a box; to pack fish

    packen, verpacken, einpacken

    упако́выватьupakóvyvatʹ, упакова́тьupakovátʹ, запако́выватьzapakóvyvatʹ

  2. (physical, transitive)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.

    to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater

  3. (physical, transitive)To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

    The doctor gave Kelly some sulfa pills and packed his arm in hot-water bags.

  4. (physical, transitive)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.

    to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine; pack someone's arm with ice.

  5. (intransitive, physical)To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

  6. (intransitive, physical)To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.

    the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well

  7. (intransitive, physical)To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.

    the grouse or the perch begin to pack

  8. (historical, physical, transitive)To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.

  9. (physical, transitive)To compress (data).

    compress into a wad

  10. To cheat.

    (transitive)To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage

  11. (transitive)To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.

    to pack a jury

  12. (transitive)To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

Examples

1200 sentences
  1. Tom packed his things and left.

    Том спакував свої речі й пішов.

    ruТом собрал вещи и ушёл.

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  2. Tom was attacked by a pack of wild dogs.

    На Тома напала зграя диких собак.

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  3. I should go pack.

    Мені треба піти зібрати валізи.

    ruМне надо идти собираться.

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  4. My father smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.

    Мій батько щоденно викурює пачку цигарок.

    ruМой отец выкуривает пачку сигарет в день.

    deMein Vater raucht eine Schachtel Zigaretten am Tag.

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  5. How much is a pack of cigarettes?

    Скільки коштує пачка цигарок?

    ruПочём пачка сигарет?

    deWas kostet eine Schachtel Zigaretten?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to put things together for storage or transporting:
Русский
By meaning 2
to put things together for storage or transporting:
to make a pack:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put things together for storage or transporting:

Origin

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pa

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”).

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Forms

packs, packing, packed, packed
Base formpack · to pack
3rd person singularpacks
Present participlepacking
Past simplepacked
Past participlepacked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypack
he, she, itpacks

Past simpleLesson

all personspacked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave packed
he, she, ithas packed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pack

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

10 synonyms
To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly:stackB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
make into a pack:unpackB1

Word family

22 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • packing his suitcase
  • packing your suitcase
  • packed his bags
  • pack your bags
  • pack of cigarettes
  • packed and ready
  • pack my suitcase
  • finished packing
  • all packed and
  • packed up his
  • pack up and
  • a pack of

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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