pack

(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack

(transitive) 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.

• to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater
• By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of...
• The mix of ballet vocabulary, modern techniques and African steps is familiar, but the extent to which Mr. Rhoden packs — and overpacks — phrases, cultivates warp-speed delivery and hyperextends every possible hip jut...

(transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

• The doctor gave Kelly some sulfa pills and packed his arm in hot-water bags.

(transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.

• to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine; pack someone's arm with ice.

(intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

(intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.

• the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well

(intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.

• the grouse or the perch begin to pack

(transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.

(transitive, computing) To compress (data).

(transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage

(transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.

• to pack a jury
• The expected council was dwindling into[…]a packed assembly of Italian bishops. - 1687, Francis Atterbury, An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation:

(transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

(intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.

• This naughty man / Shall face to face be brought to Margaret, / Who, I believe, was pack'd in all this wrong, / Hired to it by your brother. - 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about...

(transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.

(transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).

(intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.

• Poor Stella must pack off to town. - 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood-Park:
• You shall pack, / And never more darken my doors again. - 1842, Alfred Tennyson, Dora:

(transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

• packing heat
• A: What was he packing? B: He was packing an M1911 with a custom large-capacity magazine.

(transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.

• Wow, get a load of him — he's packing.

(intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.

• I am a butch bisexual woman […] Frequently I like to appear as masculine as I can, often passing for male on the street. […] Sometimes I pack when I go out, putting my dildo in my pants and wearing my dick out of the...