English Dictionary

pack

/pæk/

verb

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

She helped me pack my suitcase for the trip.

意味（1）

(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

意味（2）

(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

意味（3）

(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.

意味（4）

(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.

意味（5）

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

意味（6）

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

the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well

意味（7）

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

the grouse or the perch begin to pack

意味（8）

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

意味（9）

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

Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.

意味（10）

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

to pack a jury

意味（11）

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

1655, Thomas Fuller, “He lost life[…]upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.”, in James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain,[…], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son,[…], published 1837, OCLC 913056315:

意味（12）

(intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.

This naughty man / Shall face to face be brought to Margaret, / Who, I believe, was pack'd in all this wrong, / Hired to it by your brother.

意味（13）

(transitive) To load with a pack

to pack a horse

意味（14）

(transitive, figuratively) to load; to encumber.

our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey

意味（15）

(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.

to pack a boy off to school

意味（16）

(transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).

意味（17）

(intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.

Poor Stella must pack off to town.

意味（18）

(transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

packing heat

意味（19）

(transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.

意味（20）

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

意味（21）

(intransitive, LGBT, of a drag king, trans man, etc.) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.

I am a butch bisexual woman […] Frequently I like to appear as masculine as I can, often passing for male on the street. […] Sometimes I pack when I go out, putting my dildo in my pants and wearing my dick out of the house.