bundle

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: packagepacketparcelsheafpilebig bucksmegabucksbig moneybundle uproll upbunchbunch up

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed togetherSynonyms: packagepacketparcel
  2. a package of several things tied together for carrying or storingSynonyms: sheaf
  3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)“she made a bundle selling real estate”“they sank megabucks into their new house”Synonyms: pilebig bucksmegabucksbig money

Verb (4)

  1. make into a bundle“he bundled up his few possessions”Synonyms: bundle uproll up
  2. gather or cause to gather into a cluster“She bunched her fingers into a fist”Synonyms: bunchbunch upclusterclump
  3. compress into a wad“wad paper into the box”Synonyms: packwadcompact
  4. sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothedSynonyms: practice bundling
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. i.

1.To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony. [1913 Webster]

2.To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]

To bundle up, to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously. [PJC]

Bundle \Bun"dle\ (b[u^]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. b["u]ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind.] A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes. [1913 Webster]

The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. --Weale. [1913 Webster]

Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bundled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bundling.]

1.To tie or bind in a bundle or roll. [1913 Webster]

2.To send off abruptly or without ceremony. [1913 Webster]

They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach.— T. Hook.[1913 Webster]

3.to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; -- usually done for related products which work or are used together. [PJC]

To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony; as, the working mothers bundle their children off to school and then try to get themselves to work on time.

To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously. [1913 Webster]

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