different between pack vs takeaway

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæk/, [p?æk]
• Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

Noun

pack (plural packs)

1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

2. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
3. A multitude.

4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
5. A full set of playing cards

6. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

7. A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
   • 2005, John D. Skinner and Christian T. Chimimba, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion

     African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use their noses to follow the pack.

8. A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
9. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
10. A group of Cub Scouts.
11. A shook of cask staves.
12. A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
13. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

14. (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
15. (slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
16. (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
17. (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

Synonyms

(full set of cards): deck

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”).

Verb

pack (third-person singular simple present packs, present participle packing, simple past and past participle packed)

1. (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
   1. (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
      • 1712, Joseph Addison, The Spectator Number 275

        strange materials wound up in that shape and texture, and packed together with wonderful art in the several cavities of the skull
   2. (transitive) 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.
   3. (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

   4. (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.

   5. (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
   6. (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.

   7. (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.

   8. (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
2. (social) To cheat.
   1. (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
      • 1733 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man

        Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.

   2. (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
      • 1687, Francis Atterbury, An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation

        The expected council was dwindling into […] a packed assembly of Italian bishops.

   3. (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
      • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The church-history of Britain

        He lost life […] upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.

   4. (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
3. (transitive) To load with a pack

4. (transitive, figuratively) to load; to encumber.
5. To move, send or carry.
   1. (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
   2. (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
   3. (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
      • 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood-Park:

        Poor Stella must pack off to town.

      • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, Dora:

        You shall pack, / And never more darken my doors again.

   4. (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

6. (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
7. (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
8. (intransitive, LGBT, of a drag king, trans man, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.

Synonyms

• (To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly): stack

Antonyms

• (make into a pack): unpack

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pak/

Noun

pack m (plural packs)

1. pack (item of packaging)
2. pack ice
3. (sports) A rugby team

Middle English

Noun

pack

1. Alternative form of pak

Scots

Adjective

pack

1. intimate; confidential

Spanish

Etymology

From English pack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pak/, [?pak]

Noun

pack m (plural packs)

1. pack, package
2. kit, set, bundle
3. (colloquial, euphemistic) sexual photos and videos, paid or not, sent over internet, network social; sexting photos

Swedish

Noun

pack n

1. a group of unwanted people, lower class people, trash
2. stuff, things, luggage; only in the expression pick och pack

Declension

See also

• packa
• paket

Descendants

• ? Finnish: pakka

English

Alternative forms

• take-away

Etymology

From take +? away.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?k?we?/
• enPR: t?k??w?

Adjective

takeaway (not comparable)

1. (chiefly Britain, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

   I couldn't be bothered cooking, so I bought a takeaway curry.

Translations

Synonyms

• takeout (U.S., Canada, & the Philippines)
• to carry-out, to-go (Scotland and some dialects in the U.S. & Canada)
• takeaways (New Zeland)
• grab and go

Antonyms

• eat-in (British)
• for here (North America)
• have here (New Zealand)

Descendants

• Italian: takeaway

Noun

takeaway (plural takeaways)

1. (chiefly Britain, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.

   If you're hungry, there's a takeaway just around the corner.

   • 2005, Amsterdam, Time Out, page 129,

     The wonderful, and deeply filling, world of Dutch broodjes (sandwiches) has its greatest champion in this takeaway, one of the very few that still features proper homemade meat and fish salads in your bun, rather than the almost ubiquitous factory prepared product that?s taken over the sandwich market.

   • 2006, Mary Fitzpatrick, Tom Parkinson, Nick Ray, East Africa, Lonely Planet, page 479,

     Some of the cheapest places to eat in Kampala are the ubiquitous takeaways that dot the city centre.

2. (chiefly Britain, Australia and New Zealand) A meal bought to be eaten elsewhere.

   I fancy an Indian takeaway tonight.

   • 2008, Annalisa Rellie, Tricia Hayne, Turks & Caicos Islands, Bradt Travel Guides, page 99,

     Good Italian cuisine & friendly service. Also does takeaways, including pizza.

   • 2008, The Complete Residents? Guide: Los Angeles, Explorer Publishing, page 315,

     Pizza and Thai food are popular delivery and takeaway choices, but there are a number of options.

3. (golf) The preliminary part of a golfer?s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.
   • 2001, David Chmiel, Kevin Morris, Golf Past 50, page 40,

     One drill to help you work on the long, low takeaway is to place a tee, a coin, or even another ball just beyond your back foot (whatever you choose should be slightly inside your toe to promote a slightly inside swing path).

   • 2005, Paul G. Schempp, Peter Mattsson, Golf: Steps To Success, page 55,

     Make sure your hands and shoulders work together during the takeaway.

   • 2007, John Andrisani, Golfweek?s 101 Winning Golf Tips, unnumbered page,

     Tiger Woods, like other golfing greats, employs a smooth, evenly paced takeaway action.

4. (US) A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.
5. (frequently in the plural) An idea from a talk, presentation, etc., that the listener or reader should remember and consider.
   • 2008, Carol A. E. Bentley, Beat The Recession: Proven Marketing Tactics, Volume 1, page 363,

     For example, one of the big takeaways for myself (even though I know better) is when I don?t review my goals daily I get sucked into what?s currently happening and easily get distracted from what?s most important.

   • 2010, Scott Monty, Foreword, Erik Qualman, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business, page xvi,

     A strength of this book is Qualman?s ability to take complex issues and break them into easily digestible takeaways through the use of real world examples and analogies.

Usage notes

In sense “idea from presentation etc.”, frequently used in plural to refer to all important ideas contained therein; compare insights, lessons learned, learnings, etc.

Synonyms

• (restaurant selling food to be eaten elsewhere): carryout (Scotland, US), takeout (chiefly North America)
• (food to be eaten elsewhere): carryout (Scotland, US), takeout (chiefly North America)
• (preparatory backward swing of a golf club):
• (concession during negotiation):
• (idea to be remembered and considered): sound bite

Translations

See also

• carry out
• take away, take-away
• take out, takeout

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English takeaway.

Adjective

takeaway (invariable)

1. takeaway (of food) to be eaten off the premises