bundle
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)bundles
- a collection of things wrapped or boxed togetherSynonyms: packagepacketparcelType of collection, aggregationKinds wisp
- a package of several things tied together for carrying or storingSynonyms: sheafType of package, parcelKinds bale, fagot, pack, swag
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)“she made a bundle selling real estate”“they sank megabucks into their new house”Synonyms: pilebig bucksmegabucksbig moneyType of money
Verb (4)bundles, bundled, bundling
- make into a bundle“he bundled up his few possessions”Synonyms: bundle uproll upMore general pack
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster“She bunched her fingers into a fist”Synonyms: bunchclusterclumpMore general formMore specific agglomerate
- compress into a wad“wad paper into the box”Synonyms: packwadcompactMore general arrange, set upMore specific puddleSimilar compact, pack
- sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothedSynonyms: practice bundlingMore general sleep, kip
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Translations
Noun bundle, things tied together
Noun package wrapped or tied up for carrying
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. bündel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind.
A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.
The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend.— Oliver Goldsmith
Bundle pillar Architecture, a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. John Weale
1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach.— Theodore Ed. Hood
3. to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; — usually done for related products which work or are used together.
To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony; as, the working mothers bundle their children off to school and then try to get themselves to work on time. — To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.
1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; — applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. John Russell. Bartlett
Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses.— Washington Irving
To bundle up, to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors