Pack vs. Stack
Packnoun
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.
Packnoun
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
Packnoun
A multitude.
Packnoun
A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
Packnoun
A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game.
Packnoun
A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
Packnoun
A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
Packnoun
A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
Packnoun
A group of Cub Scouts.
Packnoun
A shook of cask staves.
Packnoun
A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
Packnoun
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
Packnoun
(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.
Packnoun
(slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
Packnoun
A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
Packnoun
(rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
Packverb
(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
Packverb
(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.
Packverb
(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.
Packverb
(transitive) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
Packverb
(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.
Packverb
(intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
Packverb
(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.
Packverb
(intransitive) To gather in flocks or schools.
Packverb
To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
Packverb
(social) To cheat, to arrange matters unfairly.
Packverb
To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.
Packverb
(transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result.
Packverb
(transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
Packverb
(intransitive) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
Packverb
(transitive) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber.
Packverb
To move, send or carry.
Packverb
(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.
Packverb
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or animals).
Packverb
(intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
Packverb
To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
Packverb
To block a shot, especially in basketball.
Packverb
To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
Packverb
To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.
Packnoun
A pact.
Packnoun
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.
Packnoun
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
Packnoun
A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies
Packnoun
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
Packnoun
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
Packnoun
A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.
Packnoun
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.
Packnoun
The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.
Packverb
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.
Packverb
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.
Packverb
To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).
Packverb
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.
Packverb
To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
Packverb
To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
Packverb
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.
Packverb
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
Packverb
To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
Packverb
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.
Packverb
To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;
Packverb
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
Packverb
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.
Packverb
To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
Packverb
To depart in haste; - generally with off or away.
Packverb
To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
Packnoun
a large indefinite number;
Packnoun
a complete collection of similar things
Packnoun
a small parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
Packnoun
an association of criminals;
Packnoun
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Packnoun
a group of hunting animals
Packnoun
a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
Packnoun
a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
Packnoun
a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
Packverb
arrange in a container;
Packverb
fill to capacity;
Packverb
compress into a wad;
Packverb
carry, as on one's back;
Packverb
set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome;
Packverb
have with oneself; have on one's person;
Packverb
press tightly together or cram;
Packverb
hike with a backpack;
Packverb
press down tightly;
Packverb
seal with packing;
Packverb
have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily;
Packverb
load with a pack
Packverb
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;
Stacknoun
(heading) A pile.
Stacknoun
A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
Stacknoun
A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
Stacknoun
(UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
Stacknoun
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
Stacknoun
An extensive collection
Stacknoun
A smokestack.
Stacknoun
(heading) In digital computing.
Stacknoun
A linear data structure in which the last data item stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.
Stacknoun
A portion of computer memory occupied by a stack data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
Stacknoun
A standard set of software components commonly used together on a system – for example, the combination of an operating system, web server, database and programming language.
Stacknoun
(math) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
Stacknoun
(geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
Stacknoun
(library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
Stacknoun
(figuratively) A large amount of an object.
Stacknoun
(military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
Stacknoun
(poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
Stacknoun
(heading) In architecture.
Stacknoun
A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
Stacknoun
A vertical drainpipe.
Stacknoun
A fall or crash, a prang.
Stacknoun
(bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
Stackverb
(transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
Stackverb
To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
Stackverb
To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
Stackverb
(transitive) To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
Stackverb
To crash; to fall.
Stacknoun
A large and to some degree orderly pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
Stacknoun
An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; - used especially of piles of wood. A stack is usually more orderly than a pile
Stacknoun
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
Stacknoun
A large quantity; as, a stack of cash.
Stacknoun
A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
Stacknoun
A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
Stacknoun
The section of a library containing shelves which hold books less frequently requested.
Stackverb
To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
Stackverb
To place in a vertical arrangement so that each item in a pile is resting on top of another item in the pile, except for the bottom item; as, to stack the papers neatly on the desk; to stack the bricks.
Stackverb
To select or arrange dishonestly so as to achieve an unfair advantage; as, to stack a deck of cards; to stack a jury with persons prejudiced against the defendant.
Stacknoun
an orderly pile
Stacknoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
Stacknoun
a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
Stacknoun
a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
Stacknoun
a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
Stackverb
load or cover with stacks;
Stackverb
arrange in stacks;
Stackverb
arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances;
