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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.

Examples :

"The horses carried the packs across the plain."

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A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

Examples :

"The packs of notebooks contained enough paper for the entire class project. "

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Examples :

"a pack of complaints"

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

Examples :

"The zookeeper fed the packs of wolves raw meat. "

group number amount

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A full set of playing cards

Examples :

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

game entertainment

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The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

Examples :

"cut the pack"

game entertainment

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A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

Examples :

"The farmer used several packs of dogs to hunt the coyotes that were attacking his sheep. "

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A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

Examples :

"The news reported that packs of wolves were seen hunting deer in the national park. "

animal group nature biology

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

Examples :

"a pack of thieves"

group person organization society

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A group of Cub Scouts.

Examples :

"Several packs of Cub Scouts volunteered to clean up the park on Saturday morning. "

group organization education

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A shook of cask staves.

Examples :

"After the old barrel burst, the cooper gathered the packs scattered on the workshop floor, hoping to salvage enough for repairs. "

nautical part structure

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A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

Examples :

"The steel mill carefully stacked the packs of sheet iron before feeding them into the rolling machine. "

material technical industry

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A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

Examples :

"The ship had to sail round the pack of ice."

environment weather nature ocean geography

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An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

Examples :

"The patient received several cold packs to reduce inflammation in her back. "

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: A loose, lewd, or worthless person.

Examples :

""The landlord complained about the packs loitering in the hallway, making noise and leaving a mess." "

person character negative moral

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A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

Examples :

"The referee carefully arranged the packs of red balls at the start of the snooker match. "

sport game group

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The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

Examples :

"The captain had to take a man out of the pack to replace the injured fullback."

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verb

(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

Examples :

"She carefully packs her lunchbox with a sandwich, an apple, and a juice box. "

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(social) To cheat.

Examples :

"He packs at cards, so don't play with him. "

moral character society

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To load with a pack

Examples :

"to pack a horse"

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To load; to encumber.

Examples :

"The movers packs the truck with furniture and boxes until it's completely full. "

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To move, send or carry.

Examples :

"She packs lunches for her children every morning before school. "

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To block a shot, especially in basketball.

Examples :

"The defender packs the shot as it leaves the shooter's hand. "

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(of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.

Examples :

"The experienced forwards packs well in the scrum, giving their team a significant advantage. "

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(of a drag king, transman, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.

Examples :

"For his role as a male student in the play, Alex packs to create a more convincing appearance. "

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