bundle
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.
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.
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.
bundle up, to dress warmly or snugly: A blizzard was raging but the children were all bundled up.
Idioms about bundle
drop one's bundle, Australian and New Zealand Slang. to lose confidence or hope.
Origin of bundle
1synonym study For bundle
Other words for bundle
Other words from bundle
- bundler, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for bundle
/ (ˈbʌndəl) /
a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together: a 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
(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 unceremoniously: we bundled him out of the house
(tr usually foll by into) to push or throw, esp quickly and untidily: to 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 business: several 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
Origin of bundle
1Derived forms of bundle
- bundler, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with bundle
In addition to the idiom beginning with bundle
- bundle of nerves
also see:
- make a bundle
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