[pak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it
(e.g: a pack of cigarettes)

- a group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together
(e.g: a pack of wolves will encircle an ailing prey)

- a rucksack
(e.g: 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

- a hot or cold pad of absorbent material, especially as used for treating an injury


Phrases:
- go to the pack
- pack a punch
- pack a sad
- pack heat
- pack it in
- pack one's bags
- packed out
- send someone packing

Origin:
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], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel
(e.g: I packed a bag and left)

- cram a large number of things into
(e.g: it was a large room, packed with beds jammed side by side)

- carry (a gun)
(e.g: he packs a gun and keeps it at the ready)


Phrases:
- go to the pack
- pack a punch
- pack a sad
- pack heat
- pack it in
- pack one's bags
- packed out
- send someone packing

Origin:
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], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fill (a jury, committee, etc.) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision
(e.g: his efforts to pack the court with men who shared his ideology)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘enter into a private agreement’): of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of pact or pack