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pack en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [pʰæk]
• /pæk/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pakkô Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old English *pæcca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *pakkō Old Dutch *pakko Middle Dutch pakbor.? Middle English pak English pack 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 pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

Meanings

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.
   • We do not ask him to make up his mind, but to make up his pack. 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts:
   • 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
   • a pack of complaints
4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
5. A full set of playing cards
   • We were going to play cards, but nobody brought a pack.
6. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
   • cut the pack
7. (collective) A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or living together.
   • African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use their noses to follow the pack. 2005, John D. Skinner, Christian T. Chimimba, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion:
8. (collective) A group of wolves, hunting together.
   • 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. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 117:
9. A flock of knots.
   • They form extremely tight flocks, which carpet the ground, giving rise to the descriptive name of "a pack" of knots. 1988, Michael Cady, Rob Hume, editors, The Complete Book of British Birds, page 154:
10. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
    • 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. 1976, Freda Adler, Herbert Marcus Adler, Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal, page 100:
    • 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." 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 240:
11. A group of Cub Scouts.
12. A shook of cask staves.
13. A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
14. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
    • 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 […] 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
15. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
16. (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
    • That stupid pack did nothing but stare at us throughout the whole project.
17. A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
18. The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
    • 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. 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times:
19. (qualifier:roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
20. (slang) A package of cigarettes.
    • “Carlo, I told you that three packs a day would kill you long before I was gone.”

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
packs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

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pack (noun)) · case pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · minipack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · six-pack of rolls (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack lunch (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · battery pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · starter pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · wolf pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packraft (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · multipack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · tripack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack journalism (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packcloth (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · coursepack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · Duluth pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack-horse (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · mod pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packsack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packway (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packmaking (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · digipak (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack of cards (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · cold-pack cheese (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packhorse (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack of lies (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · prepack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · glasspack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · manpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack year (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packmate (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · jet pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · fun pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · hosepack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · subpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · overpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · wolf-pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · woolpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · modpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · expansion pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · smoke the whole pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack a lip (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packhound (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packlike (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · bubble pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · vac pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · fanny pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · froth pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · eight pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack ice (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · bobbery pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · spec pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · bowl pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packman (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · rocket-pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · jetpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack-shepherd (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packsheet (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · body pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packyear (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · brickpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · artpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · travel pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · presspack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packboard (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · buddy pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · six-pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · beltpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packshot (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packery (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · backpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · jam-pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · hoverpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · scene pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · service pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · flash pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack-train (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack train (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · rat pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · hip pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · flatpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · halal snack pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · six pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packthread (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · flat pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack journalist (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · day pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packhouse (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack hound (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack animal (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack horse (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · megapack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · brick pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · ice pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · wet pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack mentality (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · blister pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · stim pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · mudpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · bipack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack-rat (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · rocket pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packless (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packware (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack-in (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · eight-pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · X-pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack-up kit (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · power pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · doublepack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · samplepack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · airpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · bodypack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · mailpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack-away (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packstaff (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · ahead of the pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · giftpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · midpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · packmaker (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · forepack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · pack-year (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · disk pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · bagpack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · booster pack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · framepack (Terms derived from pack (noun)) · cold pack (Terms derived from pack (noun))

Descendants

pek · pack

Synonyms

wolfpack · deck (full set of cards)

Translations (181)

es cajetilla (bundle to be carried) · ro sarcină (bundle to be carried) · fr paquet (bundle to be carried) · et pakk (bundle to be carried) · be па́чка (bundle to be carried) · ar عُبُوَّة (bundle to be carried) · uz paket (bundle to be carried) · sh čȍpor (group of dogs) · el αγέλη (group of dogs) · ko 무리 (group of dogs) · nb flokk (group of dogs) · bg коло́да (full set of playing cards) · sk balík (bundle to be carried) · bg гру́па (a number or quantity of connected or similar things) · cs smečka (group of dogs) · pl zgraja (group of dogs) · kk пакет (bundle to be carried) · cy cnud (group of dogs) · cmn 一群 (group of dogs) · nn kortstokk (full set of playing cards) · mk шпил (full set of playing cards) · lo ກັບ (bundle to be carried) · rup sartsinã (bundle to be carried) · eo pakaĵo (bundle to be carried) · et pakett (bundle to be carried) · bg вързо́п (bundle to be carried) · ka პაკეტი (bundle to be carried) · ja 群れ (group of dogs) · ar حُزْمَة (bundle to be carried) · th ซอง (bundle to be carried) · ga deic (full set of playing cards) · fa-ira پاکَت (bundle to be carried) · cmn 副 (full set of playing cards) · fa-ira بَسْتِه (bundle to be carried) · pt baralho (full set of playing cards) · ko 갑 (bundle to be carried) · be гайня́ (group of dogs) · pl talia (full set of playing cards) · ms kawanan (group of dogs) · es joto (bundle to be carried) · es paca (bundle to be carried) · cmn 捆 (bundle to be carried) · tyz bỏ (bundle to be carried) · pl pakiet (bundle to be carried) · pl sfora (group of dogs) · vi bầy (group of dogs) · sl paket (bundle to be carried) · mn илгээмж (bundle to be carried) · fi lauma (group of dogs) · vi bao (bundle to be carried) · ro haită (group of dogs) · cmn 包 (bundle to be carried) · uk па́чка (bundle to be carried) · tg пакет (bundle to be carried) · de Rudel (group of dogs) · nl pakje (bundle to be carried) · vi tập (bundle to be carried) · sh чо̏пор (group of dogs) · ota بالیه (bundle to be carried) · ko 바리 (bundle to be carried) · tk paket (bundle to be carried) · sh pàkēt (bundle to be carried) · nb pakke (bundle to be carried) · es manada (group of dogs) · nn flokk (group of dogs) · es chucherío (group of dogs) · nn kortleik (full set of playing cards) · uk паке́т (bundle to be carried) · ota دنك (bundle to be carried) · be паке́т (bundle to be carried) · fr pack (bundle to be carried) · eo hundaro (group of dogs) · tr paket (bundle to be carried) · sv flock (group of dogs) · ja パック (bundle to be carried) · it soma (bundle to be carried) · he לַהֲקָה (group of dogs) · ko 군 (group of dogs) · ru гру́ппа (a number or quantity of connected or similar things) · uk па́ка (bundle to be carried) · mk пакет (bundle to be carried) · ko 팩 (group of dogs) · it mazzo (full set of playing cards) · sh па̀ке̄т (bundle to be carried) · be па́чак (bundle to be carried) · cs balík (bundle to be carried) · ko 꾸러미 (bundle to be carried) · pt matilha (group of dogs) · gv sthock (full set of playing cards) · hy փաթեթ (bundle to be carried) · sl sveženj (bundle to be carried) · ru паке́т (bundle to be carried) · az paket (bundle to be carried) · tl manghal (full set of playing cards) · ka შეკვრა (bundle to be carried) · ru упако́вка (bundle to be carried) · vi xấp (bundle to be carried) · uk гру́па (a number or quantity of connected or similar things) · nb kortleik (full set of playing cards) · vi chồng (bundle to be carried) · be гру́па (a number or quantity of connected or similar things) · sk balíček (bundle to be carried) · pl paczka (bundle to be carried) · bg глу́тница (group of dogs) · ko 팩 (bundle to be carried) · de Bündel (bundle to be carried) · es pack (bundle to be carried) · pl stado (group of dogs) · km ប៉ៅ (bundle to be carried) · sl trop (group of dogs) · fr meute (group of dogs) · tg баста (bundle to be carried) · it basto (bundle to be carried) · ru па́чка (bundle to be carried) · ka ხროვა (group of dogs) · ru свя́зка (bundle to be carried) · de Packung (bundle to be carried) · la fasciculus (full set of playing cards) · lv paka (bundle to be carried) · ru сво́ра (group of dogs) · it carico (bundle to be carried) · mn пакет (bundle to be carried) · be кало́да (full set of playing cards) · tl baraha (full set of playing cards) · ko 짐 (bundle to be carried) · ota سوری (group of dogs) · nn stokk (full set of playing cards) · fi taakka (bundle to be carried) · es jauría (group of dogs) · mi pīkaunga (bundle to be carried) · da flok (group of dogs) · nb kortstokk (full set of playing cards) · nl meute (group of dogs) · es baraja (full set of playing cards) · hy ոհմակ (group of dogs) · ca baralla (full set of playing cards) · tl kawan (group of dogs) · ru ста́я (group of dogs) · uk коло́да (full set of playing cards) · lv paciņa (bundle to be carried) · pt fardo (bundle to be carried) · cs balíček (full set of playing cards) · lt pakelis (bundle to be carried) · de Kartenspiel (full set of playing cards) · ky пакет (bundle to be carried) · be згра́я (group of dogs) · hu pakli (full set of playing cards) · km បេ (bundle to be carried) · sl krdelo (group of dogs) · bg денк (bundle to be carried) · da pakke (bundle to be carried) · cmn 群 (group of dogs) · ar طَرْد (bundle to be carried) · de Pack (bundle to be carried) · km កញ្ចប់ (bundle to be carried) · sl zavoj (bundle to be carried) · sv paket (bundle to be carried) · ro pachet (full set of playing cards) · mi pūkei kāri (full set of playing cards) · sq paketë (bundle to be carried) · vo päk (bundle to be carried) · km ហ្វូង (group of dogs) · it muta (group of dogs) · ga paca (bundle to be carried) · uk згра́я (group of dogs) · lt paketas (bundle to be carried) · mk глутница (group of dogs) · tyz ben (bundle to be carried) · bg паке́т (bundle to be carried) · es bojote (bundle to be carried) · nl pak (bundle to be carried) · fi pakka (full set of playing cards) · nb stokk (full set of playing cards) · eo pako (bundle to be carried) · eo kartaro (full set of playing cards) · sk svorka (group of dogs) · de Kartenstapel (full set of playing cards) · tl balutan (bundle to be carried) · cs balíček (bundle to be carried) · tl basta (bundle to be carried) · ru коло́да (full set of playing cards)

pack en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• [pʰæk]
• /pæk/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”).

Meanings

1. (physical, transitive) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
   • strange materials wound up in that shape and texture, and packed together with wonderful art in the several cavities of the skull 1712, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 275:
   • Where, for these many hundred years, the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
   • to pack goods in a box;  to pack fish
2. (physical, transitive) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ 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.
   • The mix of ballet vocabulary, modern techniques and African steps is familiar, but the extent to which Mr. Rhoden packs — and overpacks — phrases, cultivates warp-speed delivery and hyperextends every possible hip jut and arabesque is, thank goodness, something special to Complexions. 2007 November 23, Claudia La Rocco, “Ballet and African Steps, Delivered at Warp Speed”, in The New York Times:
   • to pack a trunk;  the play, or the audience, packs the theater
   • By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
3. (physical, transitive) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ 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.
4. (physical, transitive) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ 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.
5. (intransitive, physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
6. (intransitive, physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
   • the goods pack conveniently;  wet snow packs well
7. (intransitive, of animals, physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
   • the grouse or the perch begin to pack
8. (historical, physical, transitive) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
9. (physical, transitive) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. ▸ To compress (data).
10. (qualifier:social, transitive) To cheat. ▸ To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
    • Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown. 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
11. (qualifier:social, transitive) To cheat. ▸ To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
    • The expected council was dwindling into[…]a packed assembly of Italian bishops. 1687, Francis Atterbury, An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation:
    • to pack a jury
12. (qualifier:social, transitive) To cheat. ▸ To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
13. (intransitive, qualifier:social) To cheat. ▸ 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. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
14. (transitive) To load with a pack.
    • to pack a horse
15. (figuratively, transitive) To load; to encumber.
    • our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
16. (transitive) To move, send or carry. ▸ To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
    • Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
    • to pack a boy off to school
17. (US, Western, transitive) To move, send or carry. ▸ To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
18. (intransitive) To move, send or carry. ▸ To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
    • Poor Stella must pack off to town. 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood-Park:
    • You shall pack, / And never more darken my doors again. 1842, Alfred Tennyson, Dora:
19. (slang, transitive) To move, send or carry. ▸ To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
    • A: What was he packing? B: He was packing an M1911 with a custom large-capacity magazine.
    • packing heat
20. (ambitransitive, qualifier:progressive aspect, slang) To move, send or carry. ▸ To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
    • Wow, get a load of him — he's packing.
21. (especially, intransitive, of a trans man or drag king) To move, send or carry. ▸ 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. 1995, Robin Sweeney, “Too Butch to Be Bi (or You Can't Judge a Boy by Her Lover)”, in Naomi Tucker, Liz Highleyman, Rebecca Kaplan, editors, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, Binghamton: The Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 181:
22. (slang, transitive) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
23. (intransitive, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
packing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
packed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
packed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
packs	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

Antonyms

unpack (antonym(s) of “make into a pack”)

Deriveds

pack fudge · pack a lip · copack · pack and play · pack out · pack up · pack a sad · vacuum pack · pack on pounds · pack in · stack-and-pack · repack · pack heat · pack a punch · pack one's bags · pack shit · pack off · packability · packer · pack it in · pack a lunch · pack a wallop · pack on the pounds · pack away · prepack · pick and pack · underpack · depack · packable · pack on · mispack

Synonyms

stack (To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly)

Translations (94)

hy փաթեթավորել (to put things together for storage or transporting) · fr emballer (to make a pack) · de einpacken (to make a pack) · ko 싸다 (to make a pack) · ga pacáil (to stow away within) · bg навъ́ржа (to make a pack) · uk упакува́ти (to put things together for storage or transporting) · io enpakigar (to make a pack) · sl zaviti (to make a pack) · be упако́ўваць (to put things together for storage or transporting) · sv packa (to make a pack) · ga pacáil (to make a pack) · uk пакува́ти (to put things together for storage or transporting) · tl siksikan (to fill in the manner of a pack) · eo paki (to make a pack) · lt pakuoti (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ko 꾸리다 (to make a pack) · nrf patchi (to make a pack) · tl mag-impake (to make a pack) · mi pōkai (to fill in the manner of a pack) · ru пакова́ть (to put things together for storage or transporting) · pl zapakowywać (to put things together for storage or transporting) · nl inpakken (to put things together for storage or transporting) · bg навъ́рзвам (to make a pack) · fr emballer (to put things together for storage or transporting) · de einpacken (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ja 包装する (to put things together for storage or transporting) · mi whakamātā (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ja 包む (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ar حَزَمَ (to put things together for storage or transporting) · tl ikarga (to stow away within) · ca fer (la maleta) (to make a pack) · tl magbalot (to make a pack) · vi gói (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ru запакова́ть (to make a pack) · ko 챙기다 (to put things together for storage or transporting) · uk упако́вувати (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ru упако́вывать (to put things together for storage or transporting) · bg натъ́пквам (to fill in the manner of a pack) · cmn 包 (to make a pack) · mi whakatakupe (to fill in the manner of a pack) · de verpacken (to make a pack) · th ห่อ (to put things together for storage or transporting) · sl pakirati (to make a pack) · pl zapakować (to put things together for storage or transporting) · tl magsiksik (to fill in the manner of a pack) · bg опако́вам (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ru упакова́ть (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ja 詰める (to put things together for storage or transporting) · it impacchettare (to make a pack) · ru запако́вывать (to make a pack) · mi tāhere (to stow away within) · cmn 包裝 /包装 (to make a pack) · tl ibalot (to make a pack) · la convāsō (to put things together for storage or transporting) · cmn 包裝 /包装 (to put things together for storage or transporting) · tl bastain (to make a pack) · uk спакува́ти (to put things together for storage or transporting) · pt fazer (to make a pack) · ga pacáil (to fill in the manner of a pack) · tl kargahan (to stow away within) · tl magbasta (to make a pack) · ru упакова́ть (to make a pack) · fi pakata (to make a pack) · tl isiksik (to fill in the manner of a pack) · pl spakować (to put things together for storage or transporting) · pl pakować (to put things together for storage or transporting) · uk спако́вувати (to put things together for storage or transporting) · gv pagg (to make a pack) · lv pakot (to make a pack) · es empacar (to put things together for storage or transporting) · tr paketlemek (to make a pack) · ru упако́вывать (to make a pack) · ko 싸다 (to put things together for storage or transporting) · tl balutin (to make a pack) · be спакава́ць (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ja 包む (to make a pack) · be спако́ўваць (to put things together for storage or transporting) · ko 꾸리다 (to put things together for storage or transporting) · fi pakata (to put things together for storage or transporting) · cs balit (to make a pack) · be упакава́ць (to put things together for storage or transporting) · de packen (to make a pack) · be пакава́ць (to put things together for storage or transporting) · de packen (to put things together for storage or transporting) · es empaquetar (to make a pack) · ar وَضَّبَ (to put things together for storage or transporting) · bg натъ́пча (to fill in the manner of a pack) · tl siksikin (to fill in the manner of a pack) · vo päkön (to make a pack) · tl impakihin (to make a pack) · mi tāhere (to put things together for storage or transporting) · tl magkarga (to stow away within) · de verpacken (to put things together for storage or transporting)