pack
Definitions
- 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
- 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.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A multitude.
- A multitude
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective
- A full set of playing cards
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A flock of knots.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- A shook of cask staves.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A package of cigarettes.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
Examples
“The horses carried the packs across the plain.”
“We do not ask⟳ him to make⟳ up his mind⟳, but to make⟳ up his pack⟳.”
“a pack⟳ of lies”
“a pack⟳ of complaints”
“We were going to play⟳ cards, but nobody brought a pack⟳.”
“cut⟳ the pack⟳”
“African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use⟳ their noses to follow⟳ the pack⟳.”
“If I hurried down to the river, he said, I should be sure to fall⟳ in with a pack⟳ of wolves, for just as he was driving up the hill close⟳ to the sound⟳, they started up the river on the ice.”
“They form⟳ extremely tight flocks, which carpet the ground, giving rise⟳ to the descriptive name⟳ of "a pack⟳" of knots.”
“a pack⟳ of thieves”
“"She will try⟳, for she does not know⟳ that it is you who dropped the tallow on the shirt; but that can only be done by Christian folks, and not by a pack⟳ of trolls like⟳ we have⟳ in this place⟳; and so I will say⟳ that I will not have⟳ anybody else for a bride except the one who can wash⟳ the shirt clean⟳, and I know⟳ you can do that."”
“In London there are some thirty gangs of “bovver birds,” violence-prone girls who roam the streets in packs attacking almost any vulnerable object for no apparent reason⟳ other than the sheer thrill of it.”
“The ship had to sail⟳ round the pack⟳ of ice.”
“And now they came to the edge of the pack⟳, and beyond it they could see⟳ Shiny Wall looming, through mist, and snow⟳, and storm. But the pack⟳ rolled horribly upon the swell, and the ice giants fought and roared, and leapt upon each other's backs, and ground each other to powder […]”
“That stupid pack⟳ did nothing but stare⟳ at us throughout the whole project.”
“The captain had to take⟳ a man out of the pack⟳ to replace⟳ the injured fullback.”
“If the pack⟳ wasn't pummelling England, Handre Pollard kept delivering telling blows.”
““Carlo, I told you that three packs a day would kill⟳ you long before I was gone.””
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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