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Pack
1. A number of hounds, dogs or other wild animals, hunting or kept together. A
pack of dogs ran after the fox.
2. 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. As a soldier I
carried a pack on my back.
3. A full set of playing cards. We were going to play cards so he brought a
pack.
4. A group of Cub Scouts. He joined Pack 310 in the Boy Scouts.
5. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
The ship had to sail around the pack ice.
6. A large amount; a heap. He earned a pack of money.
7. A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items.
Buy me a pack of matches and a pack of cigarettes.
8. To put into a receptacle for transport or storing. We packed our car for a
long vacation.
9. To bring together (persons or things) closely. We packed 300 people in the
auditorium.
10. To carry, deliver, to have available for action. The thief packed a pistol
and robbed a bank.
11. To send unceremoniously. The parents packed the kids off to bed.
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