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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pak
Phonetic Transcription : pæk



Definition of packs away

Origin :
  • "bundle," early 13c., probably from a Low German word (cf. Middle Dutch pac, pack "bundle," Middle Low German pak, Middle Flemish pac, attested from late 12c.), originally a term of wool traders in Flanders; or possibly from Old Norse pakki. All are of unknown origin.
  • Italian pacco is a Dutch loan word; French pacque probably is from Flemish. Meaning "set of persons" (usually of a low character) is c.1300, older than sense of "group of hunting animals" (early 15c.). Extended to collective sets of playing cards (1590s), floating ice (1791), cigarettes (1924), and submarines (1943). Meaning "knapsack on a frame" is attested from 1916. Pack of lies first attested 1763.
  • As in overeat : verb eat too much
  • As in store : verb collect and put aside
  • As in squirrel away : verb save up
Example sentences :
  • The heavier it is, the less easily it packs away, to be sure, but the more steadily it will hold your picture.
  • Extract from : « The Painter in Oil » by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst

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