{
    "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."
}