Pack vs. Fill

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

Example: ‘The horses carried the packs across the plain.’;

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

A multitude.

Example: ‘a pack of lies’; ‘a pack of complaints’;

A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game.

Example: ‘We were going to play cards, but nobody brought a pack.’;

A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.

Example: ‘a pack of thieves or knaves’;

A group of Cub Scouts.

A shook of cask staves.

A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

Example: ‘The ship had to sail round the pack of ice.’;

(medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

(slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.

A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

(rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

Example: ‘The captain had to take a man out of the pack to replace the injured fullback.’;

(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass.

Example: ‘to pack goods in a box;’; ‘to pack fish’;

(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.

Example: ‘to pack a trunk;’; ‘the play, or the audience, packs the theater’;

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

Example: ‘The doctor gave Kelly some sulfa pills and packed his arm in hot-water bags.’;

(transitive) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam.

Example: ‘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 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.

Example: ‘the goods pack conveniently;’; ‘wet snow packs well’;

(intransitive) To gather in flocks or schools.

Example: ‘the grouse or the perch begin to pack’;

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

(social) To cheat, to arrange matters unfairly.

To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.

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

Example: ‘to pack a jury’;

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

(intransitive) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

(transitive) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber.

Example: ‘to pack a horse’;

To move, send or carry.

(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.

Example: ‘to pack a boy off to school’;

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or animals).

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

To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

To block a shot, especially in basketball.

To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.

To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.

A pact.

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.

A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.

In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.

The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.

To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.

Example: ‘Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.’; ‘Where . . . the bonesOf all my buried ancestors are packed.’;

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; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.

To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).

Example: ‘And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.’;

To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack{3}; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.

Example: ‘The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops.’;

To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

Example: ‘He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.’;

To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.

Example: ‘Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.’;

To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; - sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.

Example: ‘He . . . must not dieTill George be packed with post horse up to heaven.’;

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).

To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.

To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;

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

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.

To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.

To depart in haste; - generally with off or away.

Example: ‘Poor Stella must pack off to town’; ‘You shall pack,And never more darken my doors again.’;

To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

a large indefinite number;

Example: ‘a battalion of ants’; ‘a multitude of TV antennas’; ‘a plurality of religions’;

a complete collection of similar things

a small parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

an association of criminals;

Example: ‘police tried to break up the gang’; ‘a pack of thieves’;

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

a group of hunting animals

a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

arrange in a container;

Example: ‘pack the books into the boxes’;

fill to capacity;

Example: ‘This singer always packs the concert halls’; ‘They murder trial packed the court house’;

compress into a wad;

Example: ‘wad paper into the box’;

carry, as on one's back;

Example: ‘Pack your tents to the top of the mountain’;

set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome;

Example: ‘pack a jury’;

have with oneself; have on one's person;

Example: ‘She always takes an umbrella’; ‘I always carry money’; ‘She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains’;

press tightly together or cram;

Example: ‘The crowd packed the auditorium’;

hike with a backpack;

Example: ‘Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies’;

press down tightly;

Example: ‘tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso’;

seal with packing;

Example: ‘pack the faucet’;

have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily;

Example: ‘This powder compacts easily’; ‘Such odd-shaped items do not pack well’;

load with a pack

treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood;

Example: ‘The nurse packed gauze in the wound’; ‘You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice’;

(transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.

(transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.

To enter (something), making it full.

(intransitive) To become full.

Example: ‘the bucket filled with rain;’; ‘the sails fill with wind’;

(intransitive) To become pervaded with something.

Example: ‘My heart filled with joy.’;

(transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).

Example: ‘The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.’; ‘We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.’;

(transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.

Example: ‘Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.’;

(transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

(transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

Example: ‘Did you fill that girl last night?’;

(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

Example: ‘Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.’;

An amount that fills a container.

Example: ‘The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.’;

The filling of a container or area.

Example: ‘That machine can do 20 fills a minute.’; ‘This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.’;

Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

Example: ‘The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.’;

(archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

(music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

Example: ‘bass fill’;

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.

Example: ‘I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill.’;

That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.

Example: ‘The rain also filleth the pools.’; ‘Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim.’;

To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.

Example: ‘And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas.’; ‘The Syrians filled the country.’;

To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

Example: ‘Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude?’; ‘Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.’;

To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.

To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.

To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails.

To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.

To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.

To fill a cup or glass for drinking.

Example: ‘Give me some wine; fill full.’;

a quantity sufficient to satisfy;

Example: ‘he ate his fill of potatoes’; ‘she had heard her fill of gossip’;

any material that fills a space or container;

Example: ‘there was not enough fill for the trench’;

make full, also in a metaphorical sense;

Example: ‘fill a container’; ‘fill the child with pride’;

become full;

Example: ‘The pool slowly filled with water’; ‘The theater filled up slowly’;

occupy the whole of;

Example: ‘The liquid fills the container’;

assume, as of positions or roles;

Example: ‘She took the job as director of development’;

fill or meet a want or need

appoint someone to (a position or a job)

eat until one is sated;

Example: ‘He filled up on turkey’;

fill to satisfaction;

Example: ‘I am sated’;

plug with a substance;

Example: ‘fill a cavity’;