bundle
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.
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.
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.
bundle up, to dress warmly or snugly: A blizzard was raging but the children were all bundled up.
Idioms about bundle
drop one's bundle, Australian and New Zealand Slang. to lose confidence or hope.
Origin of bundle
1synonym study For bundle
Other words for bundle
Other words from bundle
- bundler, noun
Words Nearby bundle
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How to use bundle in a sentence
Apple also unveiled Apple One, a bundle of its subscription services.
Everything announced at Apple’s ‘Time Flies’ event today | rhhackettfortune | September 15, 2020 | FortuneThat matches earlier rumors that Apple would make its music app the centerpiece of a bundle or choice of bundles that would include various services at prices offering a modest savings to consumers.
I brought a few bags of groceries, a pair of rubber boots, and a bundle of older clothes that I didn’t mind destroying.
How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes) | Kenneth Catania | September 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceHe also helped handle the development of Apple’s upgraded TV app last year and is leading the charge on Apple’s push into services bundles.
Egyptian animal mummies can look like little more than bundles of cloth.
X-rays reveal what ancient animal mummies keep under wraps | Helen Thompson | August 20, 2020 | Science News
Ultimately, the big news in the saga of the cable bundle are the effects of the new lower priced tiers evolving.
Oh Yes, He’s The Great Connector: Jason Hirschhorn’s Expertly Curated World | Lloyd Grove | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe larger transactions, say, for several street bags or an entire bundle of ten ($250) were paid for through Western Union.
This Anti-Heroin Drug Is Now King of the Jailhouse Drug Trade | Daniel Genis | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow 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 | THE DAILY BEASTMingma 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 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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 | THE DAILY BEASTStrathland would bundle me out in ten minutes if anything happened to Jack.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHe swerved as he passed it, and, looking, saw that it was a bundle wrapped in a striped blanket.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeOn breaking the seal, a letter at the top of a bundle of papers presented itself.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterAcross his shoulder he carried a bundle knotted into an old red handkerchief with a polka spot.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardHe spurned the bundle with his foot, while the stranger stopped suddenly, as if a blow had been struck him.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for bundle
/ (ˈbʌndəl) /
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
(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
Origin of bundle
1Derived forms of bundle
- bundler, noun
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
Other Idioms and Phrases with bundle
In addition to the idiom beginning with bundle
- bundle of nerves
also see:
- make a bundle
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