bundle

[ buhn-dl ]

/ ˈbʌn dl /

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noun

several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.

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

a number of things considered together: a bundle of ideas.

Slang. a great deal of money: He made a bundle in the market.

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

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.

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

verb (used with object), bun·dled, bun·dling.

to tie together or wrap in a bundle: Bundle the newspapers for the trash man.

to send away hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually followed by off, out, etc.): They bundled her off to the country.

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

verb (used without object), bun·dled, bun·dling.

to leave hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually followed by off, out, etc.): They indignantly bundled out of the meeting.

(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 Phrases

bundle up, to dress warmly or snugly: A blizzard was raging but the children were all bundled up.

Idioms for bundle

drop one's bundle, Australian and New Zealand Slang. to lose confidence or hope.

Origin of bundle

1350–1400; Middle English bundel < Middle Dutch bundel, bondel; akin to bind

SYNONYMS FOR bundle

2 parcel, pack, packet.

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1. 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.

OTHER WORDS FROM bundle

bun·dler, noun

Words nearby bundle

bundelkhand, bundesrat, bundestag, bundeswehr, bundh, bundle, bundle branch block, bundle buggy, bundle of his, bundle of isoglosses, bundle of nerves

Example sentences from the Web for bundle

Now it is true that this bundle of blunders and errors does not constitute “participation”in genocide.

Bernard-Henri Lévy: Yes, France Is To Blame For Rwanda |Bernard-Henri Lévy |April 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mingma also stepped back and let Arnot bundle the bleeding man into a tent.

Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling |Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He is quite a bundle of stimulus and reflex, with no reflection.

The Real Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort’s Vulgar Memoirs |Jimmy So |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
We know that Les Moonves, like any good chief executive, cares about the bottom line and making a bundle for shareholders.

CBS Is Right to Ban the Boobs With Grammy Awards ‘Wardrobe Advisory’ |Lauren Ashburn |February 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

However, campaigns are legally required to disclose bundlers who are registered lobbyists, as well as the amounts they bundle.

Meet Romney’s Bundlers |Peter Schweizer |September 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Without further speech they picked up the bundle and descended laboriously into the garden.

The House by the River |A. P. Herbert
"Guess something is smashed inside, for a bit of glass fell out," observed Will, as they deposited the bundle at her feet.

Eight Cousins |Louisa M. Alcott
God creates a number of good propensities, and a number of evil propensities, packs them up in a bundle and calls them "man."

Not Guilty |Robert Blatchford
An Old Man, afflicted with a family of contentious Sons, brought in a bundle of sticks and asked the young men to break it.

Fantastic Fables |Ambrose Bierce
I looked long at my bundle, and thought of the dear hands that had so carefully wrapped it up.

Diary of an Enlisted Man |Lawrence Van Alstyne

British Dictionary definitions for bundle

bundle

/ (ˈbʌndəl) /

noun

a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together a bundle of sticks Related adjective: fascicular

something wrapped or tied for carrying; package

slang a large sum of money

go a bundle on slang to be extremely fond of

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

botany short for vascular bundle

textiles a measure of yarn or cloth; 60 000 yards of linen yarn; 5 or 10 pounds of cotton hanks

drop one's bundle

Australian and NZ slang to panic or give up hope
NZ slang to give birth

verb

(tr often foll by up) to make into a bundle

(foll by out, off, into etc) to go or cause to go, esp roughly or unceremoniously we bundled him out of the house

(tr usually foll by into) to push or throw, esp quickly and untidily to bundle shirts into a drawer

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

(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

(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

Derived forms of bundle

bundler, noun

Word Origin for bundle

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

Medical definitions for bundle

bundle

[ bŭn′dl ]

n.

A structure composed of a group of fibers, such as a fasciculus.

Idioms and Phrases with bundle

bundle

In addition to the idiom beginning with bundle

bundle of nerves

also see:

make a bundle

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verb (used with object), bun·dled, bun·dling.

verb (used without object), bun·dled, bun·dling.

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bundle

noun

verb (used with object), bun·dled, bun·dling.

verb (used without object), bun·dled, bun·dling.

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Origin of bundle

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synonym study for bundle

OTHER WORDS FROM bundle

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