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.

OTHER WORDS FOR bundle

2 parcel, pac, packet.

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Idioms about 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

synonym study for bundle

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

bundler, noun

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How to use bundle in a sentence

This ties a thread from linear to digital viewing, allowing advertisers to manage video campaigns across apps, bundles and channels in much the same way that a consumer does.
OTT, CTV, linear TV and digital video: How video can be managed in one place|Samsung Ads|November 18, 2020|Digiday
There’s also the option to buy all three products in a bundle set.
Pharrell Williams Launches A New Skin Care Line Called Humanrace|Joe Colucci|November 12, 2020|Essence.com
It’s begun to acquire libraries like “Fraggle Rock” and is including the streamer alongside Apple Music and Apple Arcade in its Apple One bundle.
TV networks cut costs to confront shrinking profits amid streaming shift|Tim Peterson|November 11, 2020|Digiday
That bundle of compromises says that no compact can be agreed upon between states without the consent of Congress.
Colorado joins 15 states in favor of popular vote in presidential elections|Nicole Goodkind|November 5, 2020|Fortune

Although the bundles offer some savings, Apple is betting customers will spend more overall by signing up for the bundles.
Apple starts selling its Apple One subscription bundles. Here’s how much they cost|Aaron Pressman|October 30, 2020|Fortune
But many others will be happy just to get a hot shower before bundling up in their icy apartments.
In Ukraine, Winter Is Coming|Anna Nemtsova|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Several Democratic campaigns also disclosed bundling by political action committees affiliated with ideological groups that lobby.
Senate Democrats Snag Campaign Cash From Lobbyist-Bundlers|Michael Beckel|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
[People] voluntarily leaving the workforce once they are able to get health insurance shows how bad the previous bundling was.
Is Crowdsourced Labor the Future of Middle Class Employment?|Sarah Kunst|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The adviser fears that moving the prisoners east means “they are thinking of bundling them across the border into Iraq.”
Where Is Al Qaeda Holding Its Western Hostages In Syria?|Jamie Dettmer|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More shuffling, another number was called and the cops began bundling the little man out.
The Sedition Files: How an Indian Cartoonist Becomes a Criminal|Dilip D’Souza|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Were this rule suddenly put in practice, what a bundling out of rubbish would ensue.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping|Elizabeth Hale Gilman
"The false beard," cried Walter, holding it out from the stretcher on which they were bundling him.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
The 24 mill-hanks are then slipped off the end of the reel, and the hanks taken to the bundling stool or frame.
The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth|T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour
Get me that white lambs-wool sacque, though I hate bundling up like an old woman!
Helen Grant's Schooldays|Amanda M. Douglas
She dressed hurriedly and warmly, bundling her hair under a velours hat and ramming a pin through both.
The Pagan Madonna|Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for bundle

bundle

/ (ˈbʌndəl) /

noun

a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound togethera 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 unceremoniouslywe bundled him out of the house

(tr usually foll by into) to push or throw, esp quickly and untidilyto 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 businessseveral 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

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