case

1. case (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture or commerce.

Example: When the ship reached Melbourne two days later we collared a couple of cases of apples from the hold and hid them in our bunks.

2. case (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A box, sheath, or covering generally.

Example: a case for spectacles; the case of a watch

3. case (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.

4. case (adj) — sense 4

Definition: The last remaining card of a particular rank.

Example: He drew the case eight!

5. case (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.

6. case (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.

Example: The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle.

7. case (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

Example: You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in.