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გამოთქმა: /pak/

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Universal
  • 1a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it:a pack of cigarettes
  • (often the pack) a quantity of fish, fruit, or other foods packed or canned in a particular season.
  • 2a group of similar things or people, especially one regarded as unpleasant:the reports were a pack of lies
  • British a set of playing cards.
  • a collection of related documents:an information pack
  • (Pack) an organized group of Cub Scouts or Brownies.
  • Rugby a team’s forwards considered as a group: I had doubts about Swansea’s pack at the beginning of the season
  • (the pack) the main body of competitors following the leader or leaders in a race or competition:Price broke from the pack to pursue him figurativeJapanese cars are ahead of the pack in this category
  • 3a group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together: a pack of wolves will encircle an ailing prey
  • a group of hounds kept and used for hunting: the lead hound gives tongue and the pack takes off, following the line of scent
  • 4a rucksack: we picked up our packs and trudged off
  • 5 (also ice pack) an expanse of large pieces of floating ice driven together into a nearly continuous mass, as occurs in polar seas.
  • 6a hot or cold pad of absorbent material, especially as used for treating an injury.

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Universal
  • 1fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel:I packed a bag and left [no object]:she had packed and checked out of the hotel
  • place (something) in a container for transport, storage, or sale:I packed up my stuff and drove to Detroit
  • [no object] be capable of being folded up for transport or storage:a pneumatic igloo tent that packs away compactly
  • store (something perishable) in a specified substance in order to preserve it:the organs were packed in ice
  • 2cram a large number of things into:it was a large room, packed with beds jammed side by side
  • (often as adjective packed) (of a large number of people) crowd into and fill (a place):a packed Merseyside pub
  • cover, surround, or fill (something):if you have a nosebleed, try packing the nostrils with cotton wool
  • 3 [no object] Rugby (of players) form a scrum:we often packed down with only seven men
  • 4 informal carry (a gun): he packs a gun and keeps it at the ready (as adjective, in combination -packing)a pistol-packing cop

go to the pack

Australian/NZ informal deteriorate; go to pieces: it was real sad how he went to the pack

pack one's bags

prepare for one’s imminent departure: he might hand in his resignation, pack his bags, and go to Tahiti

pack heat

North American informal carry a gun: he was busted at JFK for packing heat

pack it in

informal stop what one is doing: I decided to resit my GCSEs but I didn’t have enough confidence in myself so I packed it in

pack a punch

be capable of hitting with skill or force: Rosie, although small, could pack a hefty punch
have a powerful effect:the Spanish wine packed quite a punch

packed out

British informal (of a place) very crowded.

send someone packing

informal make someone leave in an abrupt or peremptory way: the intrusive outsider is humiliated by the kids and sent packing by the mother

pack something in

informal give up an activity or job: I’m packing in the job

pack someone off

informal send someone somewhere without much warning or notice:I was packed off to hospital for surgery

pack something out

North American pack something up and take it away: pack out any garbage you have left

pack up (or in)

British informal (of a machine) break down: the immersion heater has packed up at Gatwick, the engine packed in

packable

adjective

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