pack: signification et définitions

A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.

A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.

The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.

A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items: a pack of matches.

A complete set of related items: a pack of cards.

Informal A large amount; a heap: earned a pack of money.

A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.

A gang of people: a pack of hoodlums.

An organized troop having common interests: a Cub Scout pack. See Synonyms at flock1.

A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together.

Medicine The swathing of a patient or a body part in hot, cold, wet, or dry materials, such as cloth towels, sheets, or blankets.

Medicine The materials so used.

Medicine A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound; packing.

An ice pack; an ice bag.

A cosmetic paste that is applied to the skin, allowed to dry, and then rinsed off.

To fold, roll, or combine into a bundle; wrap up.

To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing: pack one's belongings.

To fill up with items: pack one's trunk.

To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell: packed the fruit in jars.

To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together: managed to pack 300 students into the lecture hall.

To fill up tight; cram.

Medicine To wrap (a patient) in a pack.

Medicine To insert a pack into a body cavity or wound.

To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage: pack a valve stem.

To press together; compact firmly: packed the clay and straw into bricks.