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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pack1
▶noun
  • 1 a cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it.

    ■ a quantity of foods packed or canned in a particular season.

  • 2 a collection of related documents.

    ■ Brit. a set of playing cards.

    ■ chiefly derogatory a group or set of similar things or people: a pack of lies.

  • 3 a group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together.

    ■ a group of hounds kept for hunting.

    ■ (the pack) the main body of competitors following the leader in a race or competition.

  • 4 an organized group of Cub Scouts or Brownies.
  • 5 Rugby a team's forwards considered as a group.
  • 6 a rucksack or similar bag.
  • 7 a hot or cold pad of absorbent material, used for treating an injury.
  • 8 pack ice.
▶verb
  • 1 fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel.
  • 2 place in a container for transport or storage.

    ■ be capable of being folded up for transport or storage.

  • 3 cram a large number of things into.

    ■ (often as adj. packed) (of a large number of people) crowd into and fill (a place).

  • 4 cover, surround, or fill.
  • 5 informal carry (a gun).
  • 6 Rugby (of players) form a scrum.
– phrases
pack heat N. Amer. informal carry a gun.
pack a punch
  • 1 be capable of hitting with skill or force.
  • 2 have a powerful effect.
packed out Brit. informal very crowded.
send someone packing informal dismiss someone peremptorily.
– phrasal verbs
pack something in informal give up an activity or job.
pack someone off informal send someone somewhere peremptorily.
pack something out N. Amer. pack something up and take it away.
pack up (or in) Brit. informal (of a machine) break down.
– derivatives
packable adjective,
packer noun.
– origin ME: from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. pak (n.), pakken (v.).



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pack2
▶verb fill (a jury or committee) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘enter into a private agreement’): prob. from the obs. verb pact ‘enter into an agreement with’, the final -t being interpreted as an inflection of the past tense.



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'Black horse' vs 'jack in the pack' OR perhaps: Dark horse vs Joker in the pack?
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(give you) a six-pack each or to each?
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"RFP package" vs. "RFP pack"
a pack of / a packet of (cigarettes)
a pack of BC
a pack of lights
A pack of pasts perfect (presents perfect) in future perfect clothing
assembled an ice pack out of ice cubes
at the fore/as the head of the pack/in the driver's seat
bag used to pack things for trips on holidays for example
bags under his eyes that you could pack for a weekend away
bloke's six pack
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Can food and Pack food
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did you pack your bags yet?
do/pack my school bag
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flat pack kitchen
head of the pack
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