Pack vs. Unpack

Packnoun

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.

‘The horses carried the packs across the plain.’;

Unpackverb

(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.

‘They didn't have time to unpack their bags before going out to dinner.’;

Packnoun

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

Unpackverb

(intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.

‘They didn't have time to unpack before going to dinner.’;

Packnoun

A multitude.

‘a pack of lies’; ‘a pack of complaints’;

Unpackverb

To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.

Packnoun

A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

Unpackverb

To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.

Packnoun

A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game.

‘We were going to play cards, but nobody brought a pack.’;

Unpackverb

To unzip, decompress.

Packnoun

A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

Unpackverb

To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk.

Packnoun

A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

Unpackverb

To relieve of a pack or burden.

Packnoun

A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.

‘a pack of thieves or knaves’;

Unpackverb

remove from its packing;

‘unpack the presents’;

Packnoun

A group of Cub Scouts.

Packnoun

A shook of cask staves.

Packnoun

A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

Packnoun

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

‘The ship had to sail round the pack of ice.’;

Packnoun

(medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

Packnoun

(slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.

Packnoun

A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

Packnoun

(rugby) 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.’;

Packverb

(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

Packverb

(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 press into close order or narrow compass.

‘to pack goods in a box;’; ‘to pack fish’;

Packverb

(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’;

Packverb

(transitive) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

‘The doctor gave Kelly some sulfa pills and packed his arm in hot-water bags.’;

Packverb

(transitive) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam.

‘to pack a joint;’; ‘to pack the piston of a steam engine;’; ‘pack someone's arm with ice.’;

Packverb

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

Packverb

(intransitive) To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass.

‘the goods pack conveniently;’; ‘wet snow packs well’;

Packverb

(intransitive) To gather in flocks or schools.

‘the grouse or the perch begin to pack’;

Packverb

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

Packverb

(social) To cheat, to arrange matters unfairly.

Packverb

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

Packverb

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

‘to pack a jury’;

Packverb

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

Packverb

(intransitive) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

Packverb

(transitive) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber.

‘to pack a horse’;

Packverb

To move, send or carry.

Packverb

(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’;

Packverb

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or animals).

Packverb

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

Packverb

To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

Packverb

To block a shot, especially in basketball.

Packverb

To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.

Packverb

To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.

Packnoun

A pact.

Packnoun

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.

Packnoun

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.

Packnoun

A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies

Packnoun

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

Packnoun

An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

Packnoun

A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.

Packnoun

In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.

Packnoun

The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.

Packverb

To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.

‘Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.’; ‘Where . . . the bonesOf all my buried ancestors are packed.’;

Packverb

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; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.

Packverb

To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).

‘And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.’;

Packverb

To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack{3}; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.

‘The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops.’;

Packverb

To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

‘He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.’;

Packverb

To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.

‘Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.’;

Packverb

To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; - sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.

‘He . . . must not dieTill George be packed with post horse up to heaven.’;

Packverb

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).

Packverb

To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.

Packverb

To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

Packverb

To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;

Packverb

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

Packverb

To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.

Packverb

To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.

Packverb

To depart in haste; - generally with off or away.

‘Poor Stella must pack off to town’; ‘You shall pack,And never more darken my doors again.’;

Packverb

To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

Packnoun

a large indefinite number;

‘a battalion of ants’; ‘a multitude of TV antennas’; ‘a plurality of religions’;

Packnoun

a complete collection of similar things

Packnoun

a small parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

Packnoun

an association of criminals;

‘police tried to break up the gang’; ‘a pack of thieves’;

Packnoun

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

Packnoun

a group of hunting animals

Packnoun

a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

Packnoun

a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

Packnoun

a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

Packverb

arrange in a container;

‘pack the books into the boxes’;

Packverb

fill to capacity;

‘This singer always packs the concert halls’; ‘They murder trial packed the court house’;

Packverb

compress into a wad;

‘wad paper into the box’;

Packverb

carry, as on one's back;

‘Pack your tents to the top of the mountain’;

Packverb

set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome;

‘pack a jury’;

Packverb

have with oneself; have on one's person;

‘She always takes an umbrella’; ‘I always carry money’; ‘She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains’;

Packverb

press tightly together or cram;

‘The crowd packed the auditorium’;

Packverb

hike with a backpack;

‘Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies’;

Packverb

press down tightly;

‘tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso’;

Packverb

seal with packing;

‘pack the faucet’;

Packverb

have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily;

‘This powder compacts easily’; ‘Such odd-shaped items do not pack well’;

Packverb

load with a pack

Packverb

treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood;

‘The nurse packed gauze in the wound’; ‘You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice’;