Meaning

20 senses
  1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

    The horses carried the packs across the plain.

    Pack, Packung, Bündel

    паке́тpakét, упако́вкаupakóvka, па́чкаpáčka

    паке́тpakét, па́чкаpáčka, па́каpáka

    a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

  2. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

  3. A multitude.

    a pack of lies

    a pack of complaints

  4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

    гру́ппаgrúppa

    гру́паhrúpa

    a complete collection of similar things

  5. A full set of playing cards

    We were going to play cards, but nobody brought a pack.

    Kartenspiel, Kartenstapel

    коло́даkolóda

    коло́даkolóda

  6. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

    cut the pack

  7. (collective)A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or living together.

    Rudel

    ста́яstája, сво́раsvóra

    згра́яzhrája

    a group of hunting animals

  8. (collective)A group of wolves, hunting together.

  9. A flock of knots.

  10. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.

    a pack of thieves

  11. A group of Cub Scouts.

  12. A shook of cask staves.

Examples

1200 sentences
  1. Tom packed his things and left.

    Том спакував свої речі й пішов. — deniko

    ruТом собрал вещи и ушёл. — marafon

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

    На Тома напала зграя диких собак. — miketheknight

  3. I should go pack.

    Мені треба піти зібрати валізи. — deniko

    ruМне надо идти собираться. — marafon

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

    Мій батько щоденно викурює пачку цигарок. — deniko

    ruМой отец выкуривает пачку сигарет в день. — marafon

    deMein Vater raucht eine Schachtel Zigaretten am Tag. — wolfgangth

  5. How much is a pack of cigarettes?

    Скільки коштує пачка цигарок? — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    ruПочём пачка сигарет? — odexed · CC BY 2.0 FR

    deWas kostet eine Schachtel Zigaretten? — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
bundle to be carried:
a number or quantity of connected or similar things:
full set of playing cards:
group of dogs:
Русский
By meaning 4
bundle to be carried:
a number or quantity of connected or similar things:
full set of playing cards:
group of dogs:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
bundle to be carried:
full set of playing cards:
group of dogs:

Origin

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; bo

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”).

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Forms

plural: packs
Singularpack
Pluralpacks

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
full set of cards:deckB2
Close in meaning

Word family

118 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

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