Pack

/pæk/ · noun

Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

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. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
3. A multitude.
4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
5. A full set of playing cards
6. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
7. A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
8. A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

Example Sentences

The horses carried the packs across the plain.

We do not ask him to make up his mind, but to make up his pack.

a pack of lies

a pack of complaints

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

cut the pack

African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use their noses to follow the pack.

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.

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• packs
• packing
• packed

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