The ushers packed the people together as much as they dared.
•They packed together all the people standing in the room.
•They packed the cups together too tightly and some broke.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pack — pack1 [ pæk ] verb *** ▸ 1 put in container to move ▸ 2 protect in container ▸ 3 fill place completely ▸ 4 press to hard solid mass ▸ 5 carry gun ▸ 6 meeting/committee ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to put your possessions into a bag … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pack — 1 verb 1 IN BOXES, CASES ETC also pack up (I, T) to put things into cases, boxes etc for taking somewhere or storing: I forgot to pack my razor. | They packed up the contents of their house. | We re off to Greece tomorrow and I haven t even… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pack — I UK [pæk] / US verb Word forms pack : present tense I/you/we/they pack he/she/it packs present participle packing past tense packed past participle packed *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to put your possessions into a bag, case, or box so that… … English dictionary
pack — pack1 noun 1》 a cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it. ↘a quantity of foods packed or canned in a particular season. 2》 a collection of related documents. ↘Brit. a set of playing cards. ↘chiefly derogatory a… … English new terms dictionary
pack — pack1 W3S2 [pæk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clothes)¦ 2¦(goods)¦ 3¦(crowd)¦ 4¦(protect something)¦ 5¦(snow/soil etc)¦ 6 pack your bags 7 pack a gun 8 pack a (hard/hefty/strong etc) punch Phrasal verbs pack something<=>away … Dictionary of contemporary English
pack — [[t]pæ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ packs, packing, packed 1) VERB When you pack a bag, you put clothes and other things into it, because you are leaving a place or going on holiday. [V n] When I was 17, I packed my bags and left home... [V n] I decided to pack a… … English dictionary
package — pack|age1 [ pækıdʒ ] noun count *** ▸ 1 something wrapped and sent ▸ 2 food packed for selling ▸ 3 plan for solving something ▸ 4 vacation arrangement ▸ 5 software sold as unit ▸ 6 benefits from employer 1. ) an object or set of objects wrapped… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… … Wikipedia
List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English … Wikipedia
close — close1 [ klouz ] verb *** ▸ 1 shut ▸ 2 when business stops ▸ 3 stop use of road etc. ▸ 4 end/finish ▸ 5 reduce distance ▸ 6 stop business relations ▸ 7 finish business deal ▸ 8 put fingers around something ▸ 9 have value at end of day ▸ 10 join… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… … Dictionary of contemporary English
