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bundle
[buhn-dl]
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)
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)
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 phrase
bundle up, to dress warmly or snugly.
A blizzard was raging but the children were all bundled up.
bundle
/ ˈbʌndəl /
noun
a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together
a bundle of sticks
something wrapped or tied for carrying; package
slang, a large sum of money
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
slang, to panic or give up hope
slang, to give birth
verb
to make into a bundle
to go or cause to go, esp roughly or unceremoniously
we bundled him out of the house
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
Other Word Forms
- bundler noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bundle1
Idioms and Phrases
drop one's bundle, to lose confidence or hope.
More idioms and phrases containing bundle
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The two companies, which bundle and sell mortgages, have been under government control since the 2008 global financial crisis.
In addition to its internet service, Charter provides bundles of cable television channels to 12.6 million customers.
Peacock also struck deals to be bundled with Apple TV and Walmart+, moves it hopes will increase its reach.
He stuck to his story as US Marshals bundled him onto a private jet and as prison guards booked him into the Utah County jail.
Apple also recently announced a deal to bundle Apple TV with NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock.
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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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