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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bun•dle /ˈbʌndəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -dled, -dling. n. [countable] - an item wrapped for carrying;
package:He brought in a few bundles from the car. - several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay;
a bundle of wood. - [singular* a + ~ + of] a number of things considered together.
- a large amount of something;
a lot of:He's a bundle of nerves (= He is very nervous). - Slang TermsSlang. a great deal of money:made a bundle in that last deal.
v. - to wrap in a bundle:[~ + object]She bundled the packages together.
- to send or push away(off, etc.) hurriedly:[~ + object (+ off/into/out)] They bundled her off to the country. The police bundled him into the car.
- to supply or include (products or services) in one sale for one price:[~ + object]The computer comes bundled with software and diskettes.
- bundle up, to dress warmly or snugly: [no object]Bundle up; it's cold outside.[~ + object + up]We bundled the kids up in layers of clothes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bun•dle (bun′dl),USA pronunciation n., v., -dled, -dling. n. - 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 Termsa great deal of money:He made a bundle in the market.
- Botanyan aggregation of strands of specialized conductive and mechanical tissues.
- LinguisticsAlso called bundle of isoglosses. Dialect Geog. a group of close isoglosses running in approximately the same direction, esp. when taken as evidence of an important dialect division.
- Anatomy, Zoologyan aggregation of fibers, as of nerves or muscles.
- British Terms drop one's bundle, [Australian and New Zealand Slang.]to lose confidence or hope.
v.t. - to tie together or wrap in a bundle:Bundle the newspapers for the trash man.
- to send away hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually fol. 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.
v.i. - to leave hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually fol. by off, out, etc.):They indignantly bundled out of the meeting.
- (esp. 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.
- Middle Dutch bundel, bondel; akin to bind
- Middle English bundel 1350–1400
bun′dler, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged parcel, pack, packet.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bundle /ˈbʌndəl/ n - a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together: a bundle of sticks
Related adjective(s): fascicular - something wrapped or tied for carrying; package
- slang a large sum of money
- go a bundle on ⇒ slang to be extremely fond of
- a collection of strands of specialized tissue such as nerve fibres
- short for vascular bundle
- drop one's bundle ⇒ Austral NZ slang to panic or give up hope
- NZ slang to give birth
vb - (transitive) often followed by up: to make into a bundle
- followed by out, off, into etc: to go or cause to go, esp roughly or unceremoniously
- (transitive) usually followed by into: to push or throw, esp quickly and untidily
- (transitive) to give away (a relatively cheap product) when selling an expensive one to attract business: several free CDs are often bundled with music centres
- (intransitive) 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
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Middle Dutch bundel; related to Old English bindele bandage; see bind, bondˈbundler n |