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Pack

//pæk//

Definitions

nounpacks

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.
2
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
3
A multitude.
a pack of lies

verbpacks · packing · packed

1
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
to pack goods in a box; to pack fish
2
To cheat.

Word Origin

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”). Cognate with Dutch...

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Pack

//pæk//

Definitions

nounpacks

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.
2
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
3
A multitude.
a pack of lies

verbpacks · packing · packed

1
To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
to pack goods in a box; to pack fish
2
To cheat.

Word Origin

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”). Cognate with Dutch...

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Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.

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stack

3

To load with a pack.

to pack a horse