(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When you ~ a bag, you put clothes and other things into it, because you are leaving a place or going on holiday.
When I was 17, I ~ed my bags and left home...
I ~ed and said goodbye to Charlie.
VERB: V n, V
~ing
She left Frances to finish her ~ing.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
When people ~ things, for example in a factory, they put them into containers or parcels so that they can be transported and sold.
They offered me a job ~ing goods in a warehouse...
Machines now exist to ~ olives in jars.
...sardines ~ed in oil.
VERB: V n, V n in n, V-ed
~ing
His onions cost 9p a lb wholesale; ~ing and transport costs 10p.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If people or things ~ into a place or if they ~ a place, there are so many of them that the place is full.
Hundreds of thousands of people ~ed into the mosque...
Seventy thousand people will ~ the stadium.
= cram
VERB: V into n, V n
4.
A ~ of things is a collection of them that is sold or given together in a box or bag.
The club will send a free information ~.
...a ~ of cigarettes...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
5.
A ~ is a bag containing your possessions that you carry on your back when you are travelling.
I hid the money in my ~.
= rucksack, back~
N-COUNT
6.
You can refer to a group of people who go around together as a ~, especially when it is a large group that you feel threatened by.
...a ~ of journalists eager to question him...
N-COUNT: usu N of n
7.
A ~ of wolves or dogs is a group of them that hunt together.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
8.
A ~ of playing cards is a complete set of playing cards. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use deck )
N-COUNT: oft N of n
9.
see also ~ed , ~ing
10.
If you say that an account is a ~ of lies, you mean that it is completely untrue.
You told me a ~ of lies.
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR
11.
If you send someone ~ing, you make them go away. (INFORMAL)
I decided I wanted to live alone and I sent him ~ing.
PHRASE: V inflects