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{
"term": "pack",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "pack",
"heSheIt": "packs"
},
"pastSimple": "packed",
"pastParticiple": "packed",
"ingForm": "packing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to put clothes, etc. into a bag in preparation for a trip away from home",
"sensetop": "pack somethingpack A with Bpack B into Apack somebody something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I haven't packed yet."
},
{
"text": "I have to start packing for my trip."
},
{
"text": "I haven't packed my suitcase yet.",
"contextForm": "pack something"
},
{
"text": "I **packed** my **bags** and left."
},
{
"text": "Did you pack the camera?"
},
{
"text": "He packed a bag with a few things and was off.",
"contextForm": "pack A with B"
},
{
"text": "He packed a few things into a bag.",
"contextForm": "pack B into A"
},
{
"text": "I've packed you some food for the journey.",
"contextForm": "pack somebody something"
}
],
"topics": ["Holidays"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "neatly", "tightly"],
"preposition": ["in", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to put something into a container so that it can be stored, transported or sold",
"sensetop": "pack something in/into somethingpack something uppack something up in/into somethingpack something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The pottery was packed in boxes and shipped to the US.",
"contextForm": "pack something in/into something"
},
{
"text": "I carefully packed up the gifts.",
"contextForm": "pack something up"
},
{
"text": "Ryan busied himself packing everything up into bags.",
"contextForm": "pack something up in/into something"
},
{
"text": "He found a part-time job packing eggs.",
"contextForm": "pack something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "neatly", "tightly"],
"preposition": ["in", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to protect something that breaks easily by surrounding it with soft material",
"sensetop": "pack something (in/with something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The paintings were carefully packed in newspaper."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to preserve food in a particular substance",
"sensetop": "pack something (in something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "fish packed in ice"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to fill something with a lot of people or things",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.pack something (with something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We all packed together into one car.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "Fans packed the hall to see the band.",
"contextForm": "pack something (with something)"
},
{
"text": "Pack wet shoes with newspaper to help them dry."
}
],
"collocations": {
"preposition": ["into"],
"phrases": [
"be packed full of something",
"be packed out",
"be packed to bursting"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to press something such as snow or soil to form a thick hard mass",
"sensetop": "pack something (down)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Pack the earth down around the plant."
},
{
"text": "a patch of packed snow"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to carry a gun",
"sensetop": "pack (something)",
"labels": "(North American English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to pack a gun"
},
{
"text": "Is he packing?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "to have something",
"sensetop": "pack something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A storm packing 75 mph winds swept across the area last night."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to leave a person or place permanently, especially after an argument",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to be capable of hitting somebody very hard",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to have a powerful effect on somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The advertising campaign packs quite a punch."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to tell somebody clearly or rudely to go away",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She tried to interfere but I sent her packing."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pæk/",
"audio": "pa/pack/pack__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pæks/",
"audio": "pa/pack/packs__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pækt/",
"audio": "pa/pack/packed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpækɪŋ/",
"audio": "pa/pack/packing__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pæk/",
"audio": "pa/pack/pack__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pæks/",
"audio": "pa/pack/packs__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pækt/",
"audio": "pa/pack/packed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpækɪŋ/",
"audio": "pa/pack/packing__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pak (noun), pakken (verb). The verb appears early in Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman French in connection with the wool trade; trade in English wool was chiefly with the Low Countries."
}