Pack

, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
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2. 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.
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3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
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4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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Poor Stella must pack off to town

Swift.
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You shall pack,
And never more darken my doors again.

Tennyson.
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5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] "Go pack with him." Shak.
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To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . . . presently sent him packing." South.
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