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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pack \Pack\ (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed (p[a^]kt); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Packing.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan.
     pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See Pack, n.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
                                                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Where . . . the bones
              Of all my buried ancestors are packed. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as
        to secure the game unfairly; to stack[3] (the deck).
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
              And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
                                                    --Pope.
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     4. Hence: 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.
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              The expected council was dwindling into . . . a
              packed assembly of Italian bishops.   --Atterbury.
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     5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.]
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              He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely
              devised and packed by his enemies.    --Fuller.
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     6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to
        pack a horse.
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              Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.
                                                    --Shack.
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     7. 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.
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              He . . . must not die
              Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.
                                                    --Shak.
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     8. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e.,
        on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]
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     9. (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within
        numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
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     10. (Mech.) 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.
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     11. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;
         specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet,
         within numerous coverings.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Packing \Pack"ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of one who packs.
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     2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
        Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a
        joint impervious; as:
        (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic
            material inserted between the surfaces of a flange
            joint.
        (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a
            piston rod slides.
        (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston
            and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Masonry) Same as Filling. [Rare in the U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.
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     Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by
        side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,
        on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.
  
     Packing box, a stuffing box. See under Stuffing.
  
     Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,
        hay, etc.
  
     Packing ring. See Packing, 2
        (c), and Illust. of Piston.
  
     Packing sheet.
        (a) A large cloth for packing goods.
        (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pack \Pack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Packing.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw.
     packa, Icel. pakka. See Pack, n.]
     1. 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.
  
              Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
                                                    --Addison.
  
              Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are
              packed.                               --Shak.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure
        the game unfairly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Packing \Pack"ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of one who packs.
  
     2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
        Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a
        joint impervious; as:
        (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic
            material inserted between the surfaces of a flange
            joint.
        (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a
            piston rod slides.
        (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston
            and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
  
     3. (Masonry) Same as Filling. [Rare in the U. S.]
  
     4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.
  
     Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by
        side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,
        on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.
  
     Packing box, a stuffing box. See under Stuffing.
  
     Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,
        hay, etc.
  
     Packing ring. See Packing, 2
        (c), and Illust. of Piston.
  
     Packing sheet.
        (a) A large cloth for packing goods.
        (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  packing
       n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing
            material, wadding]
       2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn: boxing]
       3: carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking
          of oxygen is essential for astronauts" [syn: backpacking]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  packing
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 πακετάρισμα
     2 συσκευασία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  packing
     a.
     (lb en slang) Having a large penis.
     n.
     1 The action of the verb.
     2 # The action of putting things together, especially of putting
  clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
     3 # (lb en sciences mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects,
  items or constituent parts.
     4 # The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
     5 # (lb en rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
     6 As a concrete noun.
     7 # Material used to fill in the space around something, especially
  to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
     8 # Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
     9 # A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
     10 # Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain
  chemically related applications.
     11 (clipping of en meatpacking)
     vb.
     (present participle of en pack nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  packing
     a.
     (lb en slang) Having a large penis.
     n.
     1 The action of the verb.
     2 # The action of putting things together, especially of putting
  clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
     3 # (lb en sciences mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects,
  items or constituent parts.
     4 # The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
     5 # (lb en rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
     6 As a concrete noun.
     7 # Material used to fill in the space around something, especially
  to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
     8 # Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
     9 # A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
     10 # Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain
  chemically related applications.
     11 (clipping of en meatpacking)
     vb.
     (present participle of en pack nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  packing
     a.
     (lb en slang) Having a large penis.
     n.
     1 The action of the verb.
     2 # The action of putting things together, especially of putting
  clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
     3 # (lb en sciences mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects,
  items or constituent parts.
     4 # The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
     5 # (lb en rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
     6 As a concrete noun.
     7 # Material used to fill in the space around something, especially
  to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
     8 # Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
     9 # A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
     10 # Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain
  chemically related applications.
     11 (clipping of en meatpacking)
     vb.
     (present participle of en pack nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  packing
     a.
     (lb en slang) Having a large penis.
     n.
     1 The action of the verb.
     2 # The action of putting things together, especially of putting
  clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
     3 # (lb en sciences mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects,
  items or constituent parts.
     4 # The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
     5 # (lb en rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
     6 As a concrete noun.
     7 # Material used to fill in the space around something, especially
  to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
     8 # Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
     9 # A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
     10 # Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain
  chemically related applications.
     11 (clipping of en meatpacking)
     vb.
     (present participle of en pack nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  packing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p ack ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  packing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en pack ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb pack)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Packing /pˈakɪŋ/
  الربط

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  packing /pˈakɪŋ/ 
  balení ([pEkiN])

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  packing /pˈakɪŋ/ 
  sada