ALL meanings of pack in
pack in
P p - noun pack in Hunting. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt. 2
- noun pack in a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack. 1
- noun pack in a definite quantity or standard measure of something wrapped up or otherwise assembled for merchandising (sometimes used in combination): a pack of cigarettes; a six-pack of beer. 1
- noun pack in the quantity of something that is packaged, canned, or the like, at one time, in one season, etc.: last year's salmon pack. 1
- noun pack in a group of people or things: a pack of fools; a pack of lies. 1
- noun pack in a group of certain animals of the same kind, especially predatory ones: a pack of wolves. 1
- noun pack in a complete set of playing cards, usually 52 in number; deck. 1
- noun pack in backpack. 1
- noun pack in a considerable area of pieces of floating ice driven or packed together. 1
- noun pack in Metalworking. a pile of metal sheets for hot-rolling together. 1
- noun pack in Medicine/Medical. a wrapping of the body in wet or dry clothes for therapeutic purposes. the cloths so used. Obsolete. the state of being so wrapped. 1
- noun pack in Mining. Also called pack wall. a rubble wall for supporting a roof. any of various other roof supports of timber, timber and rubble, or rubble and wire mesh. 1
- noun pack in a cosmetic material, usually of a pastelike consistency, applied either to the face or to the hair and scalp: a mud pack; a beauty pack; a henna pack. 1
- noun pack in pac2 (def 1). 1
- noun pack in Obsolete. a plot; conspiracy. 1
- noun pack in Obsolete. a low or worthless person. 1
- verb with object pack in to make into a pack or bundle. 1
- verb with object pack in to form into a group or compact mass. 1
- verb with object pack in to fill with anything compactly arranged: to pack a trunk. 1
- verb with object pack in to put into or arrange compactly in a trunk, valise, etc., as for traveling or storage: I packed a two-week supply of clothes for the trip. 1
- verb with object pack in to press or crowd together within; cram: The crowd packed the gallery. 1
- verb with object pack in to prepare for marketing by putting into containers or packages: to pack fruit for shipping. 1
- verb with object pack in to make airtight, vaportight, or watertight by stuffing: to pack the piston of a steam engine. 1
- verb with object pack in to cover or envelop with something pressed closely around. 1
- verb with object pack in to load, as with packs: We packed the mules and then set off for the lake. 1
- verb with object pack in to carry or wear, especially as part of one's usual equipment: to pack a gun. 1
- verb with object pack in Informal. to deliver (a powerful blow, strong message, etc.): He packs a better punch than any heavyweight in years. His speech packed a powerful plea for peace. 1
- verb with object pack in to treat with a therapeutic pack. 1
- verb without object pack in to pack goods in compact form, as for transportation or storage (often followed by up). 1
- verb without object pack in to place clothes and personal items in a suitcase, trunk, etc., preparatory to traveling. 1
- verb without object pack in to be capable of or suitable for compact storage or packing for transportation: articles that pack well. 1
- verb without object pack in to crowd together, as persons: The audience packed into the auditorium. 1
- verb without object pack in to become compacted: Wet snow packs readily. 1
- verb without object pack in to collect into a group: The grouse began to pack. 1
- adjective pack in transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals. 1
- adjective pack in compressed into a pack; packed. 1
- adjective pack in used in or adapted for packing: pack equipment. 1
- adjective pack in Chiefly Scot. (of animals) tame. 1
- idioms pack in pack it in, to give up; abandon one's efforts: In 1972 we packed it in and moved back to Florida. to cease being a nuisance. 1
- transitivephrasal verb pack in activity: finish 1
- transitivephrasal verb pack in audience: attract 1
- transitivephrasal verb pack in fit 1
- phrasal verb pack in If you pack something in, you stop doing it. 0
- phrasal verb pack in If someone packs in things or people, they fit a lot of them into a limited space or time. 0
- verb pack in to stop doing (something) (esp in the phrase pack it in) 0
- verb pack in to carry (something) to base camp, etc by pack 0