english
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verb
fill:
We will pack our suitcase for the trip.
verb
carry:
We need to pack it all up the hill.
noun
package:
He needed a pack of cigarettes.
Simple Definitions
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pack (sth) up
[ M ]
to collect all your things together when you have finished doing something
• I'm about to pack up my things and go home., pack up
UK informal
If a machine packs up, it stops operating
• My camera has packed up., pack sth/somewhere out
UK informal
to make a place very full
• 100 000 football supporters packed out Wembley Stadium to see the game., pack sth away
[ M ] TIDY
1. to put something into a bag or container, or to put something in the place where it is usually kept
• Come on, children, it's time to pack away your toys., pack sth/sb in
[ M ] informal
to manage to include a large number of things, activities or people
• We were only there four days but we packed a lot in., pack sth into sth
to manage to do a lot of activities in a limited period of time
• We packed a lot of sightseeing into our weekend in New York., pack sth in
[ M ] informal
1. to stop doing something
• This course is really tough, - sometimes I feeling like packing it all in., pack up (sth)
[ M ] UK informal
to stop working or doing another regular activity
• She packed up her job, and went off to Australia.
• [ + -ing verb ]: It's time you packed up smoking., pack sth away
[ M ] EAT
2. informal to eat a lot of food
• She's tiny but she can really pack away the biscuits., pack sb off
[ M ] informal
to send someone to another place
• We've packed the kids off for the weekend.
• I packed her off to my sister's., pack sb in
[ M ] BE POPULAR
2. If an entertainment or exhibition packs people in, a large number of people come to see it
• Spielberg's new film is packing in the crowds.
• The latest computer exhibition is really packing them in., pack sb in
[ M ] END RELATIONSHIP
1. UK informal to end your relationship with someone, or to stop meeting or spending time with them
• "Is Emma still seeing Joe?" "No, she's packed him in."
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun things put together for carrying ADJ. heavy VERB + PACK carry PACK + NOUN animal, horse, mule PREP. in a/the ~ The water in his pack made it very heavy. things supplied together ADJ. cigarette | battery, power | gift, sample | action, information, resource, starter, study, training PACK + VERB contain sth, include sth Your resource pack includes addresses of leading manufacturers. PREP. in a/the ~ How many needles are there in a pack? | ~ of It comes in packs of six. a pack of cigarettes group of animals ADJ. wolf | hunting VERB + PACK lead PACK + NOUN instinct PREP. in a/the ~ the dominant animal in the pack | in ~s The animals hunt in packs. | ~ of a pack of dogs/wolves PHRASES the leader of the pack playing cards VERB + PACK shuffle | cut PREP. in a/the ~ There are 52 playing cards in a pack. PHRASES the bottom/top of the pack Take a card from the top of the pack. | a pack of cards, verb put things into containers ADV. carefully | tightly Live animals are transported across the continent, packed tightly into lorries. | away, together, up The passengers travelled packed together like cattle. I think we might as well pack up and go home. PREP. in, into She packed her clothes into a suitcase. fill a place/sth PREP. into Crowds of people packed into the hall. PHRASES be packed full of sth Our new brochure is packed full of inspirational ideas. | be packed out The cinema was packed out! | be packed to bursting/capacity/overflowing The hall was packed to capacity. | be packed to the gunwales/rafters The hostel was packed to the rafters. | be packed with sb The place was packed with football fans. | closely/densely/tightly packed
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with PACK, Also see JOE SIX-PACK; SEND SOMEONE ABOUT HIS OR HER BUSINESS (PACKING).
American Heritage Idioms