pack
part of speech
noun (pack, packs); verb (pack, packs, packed, packing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pack is a set of things wrapped or sold together: a pack of cards. tree →
2) A pack is a group of wild animals that live and hunt together: a pack of wolves. tree →
3) A pack is a bag you carry on your back: a backpack. tree →
4) To pack is to put things into a bag or box: pack your suitcase. tree →
5) A pack animal is an animal, such as a donkey or mule, that carries heavy loads on its back. tree →
sense in the lessons
one equal group bought («Mia buys 8 packs of cards. A pack holds 3 cards» = 8 × 3); «packs of» marks equal groups; one pack shared among friends = divide; in everyday life packing a lunch, packing for a holiday; in science animals in packs (wolves, wild dogs)
examples
- Mia buys 8 packs of cards. A pack holds 3 cards. tree →
- A pack has 6 juice boxes. How many juice boxes are in 5 packs? tree →
- Tom shares a pack of 12 stickers among 3 friends. tree →
- A pack of playing cards has 52 cards. tree →
- Wolves live and hunt in packs. tree →
- Pack your bag for the school trip. tree →
- Mum packed sandwiches for lunch. tree →
- Put your pack on your back and let's go. tree →
note
«packs of» marks equal groups: multiply packs by things in one pack. Trap: one pack shared among friends is divide. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand «a pack of cards»; in the USA often «a deck of cards».
In the corpora
- Moving means packing everything, doing paperwork and saying goodbye all at once, so it is very stressful.
- The boiler heats the water and the radiators, and "packed in" means it has stopped working.
- Wolves live in packs that are usually a family: a mother, a father and their young of different ages.
- Penguins also keep warm with a thick layer of fat and tightly packed waterproof feathers.
- Feeding huge crowds of pigeons with bread makes too many pigeons, and birds packed in crowds spread mess and illness more easily.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pack» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.