bundle
Americannoun
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bundles
plural
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several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together.
a bundle of hay.
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an item, group, or quantity wrapped for carrying; package.
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a number of things considered together.
a bundle of ideas.
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Slang. a great deal of money.
He made a bundle in the market.
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Botany. an aggregation of strands of specialized conductive and mechanical tissues.
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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.
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Anatomy, Zoology. an aggregation of fibers, as of nerves or muscles.
verb (used with object)
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bundles,
present (3rd person singular)
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bundled,
past participle, past
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bundling
present participle
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to tie together or wrap in a bundle.
Bundle the newspapers for the trash man.
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to send away hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually followed by off, out, etc.).
They bundled her off to the country.
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to offer or supply (related products or services) in a single transaction at one all-inclusive price.
verb (used without object)
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bundles,
present (3rd person singular)
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bundled,
past participle, past
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bundling
present participle
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to leave hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually followed by off, out, etc.).
They indignantly bundled out of the meeting.
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(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
idioms
noun
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a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together
a bundle of sticks
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something wrapped or tied for carrying; package
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slang a large sum of money
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slang to be extremely fond of
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biology a collection of strands of specialized tissue such as nerve fibres
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botany short for vascular bundle
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textiles a measure of yarn or cloth; 60 000 yards of linen yarn; 5 or 10 pounds of cotton hanks
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slang to panic or give up hope
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slang to give birth
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verb
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to make into a bundle
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to go or cause to go, esp roughly or unceremoniously
we bundled him out of the house
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to push or throw, esp quickly and untidily
to bundle shirts into a drawer
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(tr) to sell (computer hardware and software) as one indivisible package
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(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
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(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
Synonym Usage
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 Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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bundlesimple
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bundlessimple
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have bundledperfect
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has bundledperfect
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am bundlingprogressive
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are bundlingprogressive
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is bundlingprogressive
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have been bundlingperfect progressive
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has been bundlingperfect progressive
Past
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bundledsimple
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had bundledperfect
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was bundlingprogressive
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were bundlingprogressive
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had been bundlingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of bundle
1350–1400; Middle English bundel < Middle Dutch bundel, bondel; akin to bind
Explanation
A bundle is a package of things wrapped together. To wrap things together in a compact way is to bundle them. A baby wrapped up in a blanket is a bundle of joy, and if it’s cold outside, bundle up! Bundle comes from the Middle Dutch word for bind, which is what you do when you bundle stuff — you bind it together. It also means to wrap in warm clothes. This is a word for things that are tightly packed together. If you get a package in the mail, it's a bundle. If you have knickknacks all over the place, you'll need to bundle them when you move by putting them in a box.
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Example Sentences
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A small bundle of herbs can sharpen a bowl of rice and beans.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Disney+ is absorbing Hulu, and it’s reached a point where it seems foolish to still use the standalone services as opposed to the bundle.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Airbnb proved to be a popular alternative to traditional hotels, with offers like the World Cup bundle, which included free World Cup tickets with select Airbnb stays at an average price of $365 per night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Duchess won over her new owner's family with her "loving nature" and was described as "just a bundle of fun - she loved everybody".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
I set the napkin bundle on the table between Hoku and Jade.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Shoes, water bottles and small bundles of belongings lay beside them, highlighting the lack of permanent accommodation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Medicare Advantage bundles many services that aren’t covered by the traditional program, such as dental care and health clubs, and its stated prescription premiums are as little as one-fourth of the Part D charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Options could include simply raising prices across the board, he says, paying by results, or charging for "bundles" of incidents.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Individual molecules assemble into larger bundles, which then form the fibers that support the skin.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
She was pulling flattened-up cardboard boxes out from behind the door of the pantry, where Mom keeps them until Dad finally bundles them so I can take them for recycling downstairs.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
The life jackets in the warehouse are tightly bundled and wrapped in plastic.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
When prices are bundled or obscured, consumers—in this case students—encounter fewer day-to-day reminders of opportunity costs or the economic realities that accompany virtually every decision in ordinary life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In other words, the bundled vaccines are better for children’s health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"This research is achieved by team effort. There is an old Japanese saying: 'One arrow is easy to break, but three arrows bundled together are not,'" Mizuno said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
I don’t have to ring the doorbell because she’s sitting on the porch steps, all bundled up in one of those puffy coats with her breath fogging the air in front of her face.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
“Until that dynamic shifts,” he wrote, “a return to bundling — which may ultimately be necessary to reignite growth in total consumer video spend — seems unlikely in the near term.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026
Since Haas became CEO in 2022, Arm has been aggressively pursuing revenue growth through price hikes and bundling, and the latest gambit is another move to keep that momentum going.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
And bundling Apple Pay with a ubiquitous suite of consumer products avoided marketing costs other financial-technology firms might have incurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
If you want identity protection, you’re probably better off buying that service from a dedicated provider rather than bundling it up with a VPN subscription.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
While Mama was bundling me up, Papa lit my lantern.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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