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bun⋅dle

[buhn-dl] noun, verb, -dled, -dling.
–noun
1. several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
2. an item, group, or quantity wrapped for carrying; package.
3. a number of things considered together: a bundle of ideas.
4. Slang. a great deal of money: He made a bundle in the market.
5. Botany. an aggregation of strands of specialized conductive and mechanical tissues.
6. Also called bundle of isoglosses. Dialect Geography. a group of close isoglosses running in approximately the same direction, esp. when taken as evidence of an important dialect division.
7. Anatomy, Zoology. an aggregation of fibers, as of nerves or muscles.
–verb (used with object)
8. to tie together or wrap in a bundle: Bundle the newspapers for the trash man.
9. to send away hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually fol. by off, out, etc.): They bundled her off to the country.
10. to offer or supply (related products or services) in a single transaction at one all-inclusive price.
–verb (used without object)
11. to leave hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually fol. by off, out, etc.): They indignantly bundled out of the meeting.
12. (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.
13. bundle up, to dress warmly or snugly: A blizzard was raging but the children were all bundled up.
14. drop one's bundle, Australian and New Zealand Slang. to lose confidence or hope.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME bundel < MD bundel, bondel; akin to bind


bundler, noun


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. 2. parcel, pack, packet.
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bun·dle   (bŭn'dl)   
n.  
  1. A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping.

  2. Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.

  3. Biology A cluster or strand of closely bound muscle or nerve fibers.

  4. Botany A vascular bundle.

  5. Informal

    1. A large amount; a lot: had a bundle of fun at the dance.

    2. A large sum of money: made a bundle selling real estate.

v.   bun·dled, bun·dling, bun·dles

v.   tr.
  1. To tie, wrap, or gather together.

  2. To dispatch or dispense of quickly and with little fuss; hustle: bundled the child off to school.

  3. To dress (a person) warmly: bundled them up in winter clothes.

v.   intr.
  1. To hurry; hasten: The children came bundling in from outside.

  2. To dress oneself warmly.

  3. To sleep in the same bed while fully clothed, a custom formerly practiced by engaged couples in New England and in Wales.


[Middle English bundel, probably from Middle Dutch bondel; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.]
bun'dler n.
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Slang Dictionary
bundle

  1. n.
    a large amount of money. (See also lose a bundle; make a bundle; package.) : He still has a bundle from the sale of his house.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bundle 
c.1331, from M.Du. bondel dim. of bond, from binden "bind," or perhaps a merger of this word and O.E. byndele "binding," from P.Gmc. base *bundilin, from PIE base *bhendh- "tie." The verb meaning "to wrap up in warm heavy clothes" is from 1893. Bundling (1781) "sharing a bed for the night, fully dressed, wrapped up with someone of the opposite sex" was a former local custom in Wales and New England.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bun·dle
Pronunciation: 'b&n-d&l
Function: noun
: a small band of mostly parallel fibers (as of nerve or muscle) : FASCICULUS, TRACT
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Medical Dictionary

bundle bun·dle (bŭn'dl)
n.
A structure composed of a group of fibers, such as a fasciculus.

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Idioms & Phrases

bundle

In addition to the idiom beginning with bundle, also see make a bundle.

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Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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