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bundle

[buhn-dl]

noun

  1. several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together.

    a bundle of hay.

  2. an item, group, or quantity wrapped for carrying; package.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. a number of things considered together.

    a bundle of ideas.

  4. Slang.a great deal of money.

    He made a bundle in the market.

  5. Botany.an aggregation of strands of specialized conductive and mechanical tissues.

  6. Also called bundle of isoglosses.Dialect Geography.a group of close isoglosses running in approximately the same direction, especially when taken as evidence of an important dialect division.

  7. Anatomy, Zoology.an aggregation of fibers, as of nerves or muscles.



verb (used with object)

bundled, bundling 
  1. to tie together or wrap in a bundle.

    Bundle the newspapers for the trash man.

  2. to send away hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually followed by off, out, etc.).

    They bundled her off to the country.

  3. to offer or supply (related products or services) in a single transaction at one all-inclusive price.

verb (used without object)

bundled, bundling 
  1. to leave hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually followed by off, out, etc.).

    They indignantly bundled out of the meeting.

  2. (especially of sweethearts during courtship in early New England) to lie in the same bed while fully clothed, as for privacy and warmth in a house where an entire family shared one room with a fireplace.

verb phrase

  1. to dress warmly or snugly.

    A blizzard was raging but the children were all bundled up.

bundle

/ ˈʌԻə /

noun

  1. a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together

    a bundle of sticks

  2. something wrapped or tied for carrying; package

  3. slanga large sum of money

  4. slangto be extremely fond of

  5. biology a collection of strands of specialized tissue such as nerve fibres

  6. botany short for vascular bundle

  7. textiles a measure of yarn or cloth; 60000 yards of linen yarn; 5 or 10 pounds of cotton hanks

    1. slangto panic or give up hope

    2. slangto give birth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make into a bundle

  2. to go or cause to go, esp roughly or unceremoniously

    we bundled him out of the house

  3. to push or throw, esp quickly and untidily

    to bundle shirts into a drawer

  4. (tr) to sell (computer hardware and software) as one indivisible package

  5. (tr) to give away (a relatively cheap product) when selling an expensive one to attract business

    several free CDs are often bundled with music centres

  6. (intr) to sleep or lie in one's clothes on the same bed as one's betrothed: formerly a custom in New England, Wales, and elsewhere

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • bundler noun
  • ˈܲԻ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bundle1

1350–1400; Middle English bundel < Middle Dutch bundel, bondel; akin to bind
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bundle1

C14: probably from Middle Dutch bundel ; related to Old English bindele bandage; see bind , bond
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. drop one's bundle, to lose confidence or hope.

In addition to the idiom beginning with bundle, also see make a bundle.
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Synonym Study

Bundle, bunch refer to a number of things or an amount of something fastened or bound together. Bundle implies a close binding or grouping together, and often refers to a wrapped package: a bundle of laundry, of dry goods. A bunch is a number of things, usually all of the same kind, fastened together: a bunch of roses, of keys.
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Example Sentences

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I enjoyed 70-degree days and chilly nights, where I bundled into my sleeping bag and listened to the river rushing past my campsite.

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Yet it’s a game designed to teach players about the new fancy game console they just bought, and therefore should come bundled with it.

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The victim was later bundled into the back of a car by other men and dumped in a field on the Lisnamurrican Road near Broughshane.

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Under the surface, though, they were a bundle of nerves.

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He stuck to his story as US Marshalls bundled him onto a private jet and as prison guards booked him into the Utah County jail.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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