pack

/pæk/ verb

Definition

THINGS IN BAGS [I, T] › to put your things into bags or boxes when you are going on holiday or leaving the place where you live: I've got to go home and pack. to pack your bags → Opposite unpack

CROWD [T] › If people pack a place, there are so many of them in it that it is very crowded: Thousands of fans packed the club.

(Definition of pack verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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