From en.wiktionary.org:
[Pack]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm], from [en] and/or [en], [dum]; both ultimately from [en],
from [en].
Cognate with [nl], [nds], [de], [sv], [is], [is].
**** Noun
[wikipedia] [en-noun]
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 .
2. * [en]
3. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
4. A multitude .
5. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective .
6. A full set of playing card s
7. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
8. A group of hound s or dog s, hunting or kept together.
9. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2005 | author=John D. Skinner; Christian T. Chimimba | title=The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion
|passage=African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use their noses
to follow the PACK.}}
1. A wolfpack : a number of wolves, hunting together.
2. * [1=en]
3. A flock of knot s.
4. * [1=en]
5. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang .
6. * [1=en]
7. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1976 | author=Freda Adler; Herbert Marcus Adler | title=Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal | pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=y5PaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22bovver%22+-%22bovver+-boots%22&dq=%22bovver%22+-%22bovver+-boots%22&hl=en&ei=YdcmTq_6DsKImQXB2YHmCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCTgo | page=100
|passage=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.}}
1. A group of Cub Scout s.
2. A shook of cask stave s.
3. A bundle of sheet iron plates for roll ing simultaneously.
4. A large area of float ing pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1863 | author=Charles Kingsley | title=The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
|passage=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 [...] }}
1. [en] An envelope , or wrapping , of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called _dry pack_ , _wet pack_ , _cold pack_ , etc., according to the method of treatment .
2. [en] A loose , lewd , or worthless person. [en]
3. [en] A tight group of object balls in cue sport s. Usually the red s in snooker .
4. [en] The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union , six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum .
5. * [en]
6. [en] The largest group of blocker s from both team s skating in close proximity .
7. [en] A package of cigarettes.
***** Synonyms
- [full set of cards] [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col|en|title=Terms derived from _pack_ (noun)|backpack |blister pack|body
pack |booster pack|portage pack |bowl pack |daypack |disk pack |Duluth pack
|eight-pack |expansion pack |fanny pack |forepack |froth pack |ice pack |jet
pack,jetpack,jet-pack |pack animal |pack horse,packhorse,pack-horse |pack
hound |pack ice |pack journalism |pack journalist |pack mentality |pack rat
|pack train |photo pack |RAM pack |rocket pack |service pack |six-pack |ahead
of the pack |battery pack |bobbery pack |brick pack |bubble pack |buddy pack
|case pack |cold pack |day pack |dye pack |eight pack |face pack |flash pack
|flat pack |fun pack |halal snack pack |haul-pack truck |hip pack |jam-pack
|joker in the pack |mod pack |naughty-pack |pack-away |pack horse |pack-in
|pack lunch |pack of cards |pack of lies |pack-rat |pack-shepherd |pack-train
|pack train |pack-up |pack-up kit |pack-year |pack year |piddle pack |power
pack |press pack |ram-pack |rat pack |rocket-pack |scene pack |six pack
|six-pack bezique |six-pack of rolls |starter pack |stim pack |vac pack
|vacuum pack |wolf-pack |wolf pack |X-pack }}
***** Translations
[bundle to be carried]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km] , [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Lao: [lo]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Tày: [tyz] , [tyz]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
[trans-bottom]
[a number or quantity of connected or similar things]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Russian: [ru]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[full set of playing cards]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[group of dogs]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] [Americanism]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[group of wolves]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from the noun (see above). Compare [dum], [gml].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
1. [en] To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1712 | author=w:Joseph Addison | journal=w:The Spectator | issue=275
|passage=strange materials wound up in that shape and texture, and PACKED
together with wonderful art in the several cavities of the skull}}
1. * [act=IV]
2. [en] 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.
3. * [en]
4. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2007-11-23 | author=Claudia La Rocco | title=Ballet and African Steps, Delivered at Warp Speed | work=w:The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/arts/dance/23comp.html
|passage=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.}}
1. [en] To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
2. [en] 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.
3. [en] To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
4. [en] To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
5. [en] To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
6. [en] To combine ( telegraph message s) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission .
1. [en] To cheat.
1. [en] To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
2. * [text=Mighty dukes PACK cards for half a crown.]
3. [en] To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1687 | author=w:Francis Atterbury | title=An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation
|passage=The expected council was dwindling into[...]a PACKED assembly of
Italian bishops.}}
1. [en] To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
2. * [chapter=He lost life [...] upon a nice point subtilely devised and PACKED by his enemies.]
3. [en] To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots .
4. * [V]
1. [en] To load with a pack.
2. [en] To load; to encumber .
3. * [act=IV]
4. To move, send or carry.
1. [en] To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off .
2. * [act=I]
3. [en] To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
4. [en] To depart in haste; – generally with _off_ or _away_ .
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1723 | author=w:Jonathan Swift | title=Stella at Wood-Park
|passage=Poor Stella must PACK off to town.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1842 | author=w:Alfred Tennyson | title=Dora
|passage=You shall PACK, / And never more darken my doors again.}}
1. [en] To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
2. [en] To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
3. [en] To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis , inside one’s trouser s to appear more male or masculine .
4. * [en]
1. [en] To block a shot, especially in basketball.
2. [en] To play together cohesive ly, specially with reference to technique in the scrum .
***** Synonyms
- [To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly] [en]
***** Antonyms
- [make into a pack] [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[to put things together for storage or transporting]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Thai: [th]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[to make a pack]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Ido: [io]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Manx: [gv]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl] , [tl] , [tl] , [tl] , [tl] , [tl]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Volapük: [vo]
[trans-bottom]
[to fill in the manner of a pack]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Irish: [ga]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl] , [tl] , [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[to stow away within]
- Irish: [ga]
- Maori: [mi]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl] , [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[en] [en]
** Chinese
*** Etymology
From [yue].
*** Pronunciation
{{zh-pron |c=pek1 |cat=v,cls }}
*** Classifier
[zh]
1. [zh] [packs [bundles] of objects]
*** Verb
[zh]
1. [zh] to pack up
*** References
- [page=788]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] (item of packaging)
2. pack ice
3. [fr] a rugby team
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Portuguese
*** Etymology
[pt].
*** Pronunciation
- [pt]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [pt] sexual photos and videos sold over the internet
** Scots
*** Adjective
[sco]
1. intimate ; confidential
**** Derived terms
- [sco]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
[es].
*** Pronunciation
[pak]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] , package
2. kit , set , bundle
3. [es] sexual photos and videos, paid or not, sent over internet, network social; sexting photos
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DEA]
** Swedish
*** Noun
[n]
1. [sv] socially despised people; scum , trash , (when related to low social class) dregs , riffraff , etc.
2. stuff , things , luggage ; [sv]
**** Declension
[2=packet]
**** Descendants
- [fi]
**** See also
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]