PACK (4)

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Pack, v. i. 1. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
2. 2. 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.
3. 3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
4. 4. To depart in haste; — generally with off or away.
Poor Stella must pack off to town Swift. You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. Tennyson. 5. 5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. “Go pack with him.” Shak.
To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. “The parliament . . . presently sent him packing.” South.