Definition of "pack" in Anglais

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.

   • The horses carried the packs across the plain.

2. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

3. A multitude.

   • a pack of lies
   • a pack of complaints

4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

5. A full set of playing cards

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

6. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

   • cut the pack

7. A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

8. A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

9. A flock of knots.

10. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.

    • a pack of thieves

11. A group of Cub Scouts.

12. A shook of cask staves.

13. A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

14. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

    • The ship had to sail round the pack of ice.

15. (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

16. (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.

    • That stupid pack did nothing but stare at us throughout the whole project.

17. (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

18. (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

    • The captain had to take a man out of the pack to replace the injured fullback.

19. (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.

20. (slang) A package of cigarettes.

    • “Carlo, I told you that three packs a day would kill you long before I was gone.”

verb

1. (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

2. (social) To cheat.

3. (transitive) To load with a pack.