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n.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

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	n.) To ~~fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely~~, as ~~for transportation; hence~~, to ~~fill closely~~ or to ~~repletion;~~ to ~~stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into~~; as, to pack a ~~trunk~~; the ~~play, or the audience, packs the theater~~.		n.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.