1. packaging material; filling; caulking; manner in which a thing is packed; action of someone or something that packs. packing\pack"ing\, n.
2. the act or process of one who packs.
3. any material used to pack, fill up, or make close. specifically (mach.): a substance or piece used to make a joint impervious; as: (a) a thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint. (b) the substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides. (c) a yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
4. (masonry) same as filling. [rare in the u. s.].
5. a trick; collusion. [obs.].
6. The act or process of one who packs.
7. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
8. A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint.
9. The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.
10. A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
11. Same as Filling.
12. A trick; collusion. carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts" the enclosure of something in a package or box.
13. A pact.
14. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.
15. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
16. A number or quantity of connected or similar things A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
17. A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
18. A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
19. A shook of cask staves.
20. A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
21. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
22. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
23. A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
24. See Baggage.
25. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
26. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
27. To sort and arrange in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
28. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
29. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
30. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
31. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
32. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack.
33. To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
34. See Pack, n., 5.
35. To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
36. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
37. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
38. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
39. To depart in haste; generally with off or away.
40. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
41. In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.
42. The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.
43. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. a small parcel a bundle a sheet or blanket to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect a cream that cleanses and tones the skin a complete collection of similar things a group of hunting animals treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice" carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain" arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes" compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" seal with packing; "pack the faucet" fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "They murder trial packed the court house" set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury".
44. Packing is the paper, plastic, or other material which is put round things that are being sent somewhere. see also:
pack.
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