A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
(medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
(slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
(snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
(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 press into close order or narrow compass.
(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.
(transitive) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
(transitive) 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.
(intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
(intransitive) 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.
(intransitive) To gather in flocks or schools.
(transitive, historical) To combine (telegraphmessages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
(social) To cheat, to arrange matters unfairly.
(card game) To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
(transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result.
(transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
(intransitive) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
(transitive) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber.
To move, send or carry.
(transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
(transitive, US, Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or animals).
(intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
(transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
(transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
