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Word: Pack
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pak (noun), pakken (verb). The verb appears early in Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman French in connection with the wool trade; trade in English wool was chiefly with the Low Countries
pak
a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it
Short Definition:cardboard or paper container
Examples:- a pack of cigarettes
a group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together
Short Definition:group of wild animals
Examples:- a pack of wolves will encircle an ailing prey
a rucksack
Short Definition:rucksack
Examples:- we picked up our packs and trudged off
an expanse of large pieces of floating ice driven together into a nearly continuous mass, as occurs in polar seas.
Short Definition:expanse of floating ice
a hot or cold pad of absorbent material, especially as used for treating an injury.
Short Definition:pad of absorbent material
Word: Pack
Speech Type: Verb
pak
fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel
Short Definition:fill suitcase or bag with clothes
Examples:- I packed a bag and left
- she had packed and checked out of the hotel
cram a large number of things into
Short Definition:cram things into
Examples:- it was a large room, packed with beds jammed side by side
carry (a gun)
Short Definition:carry gun
Examples:- he packs a gun and keeps it at the ready
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