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   Bun·dle

   /ˈbənd(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. a collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together: "a thick bundle of envelopes"
   • ▪ a set of nerve, muscle, or other fibers running close together in parallel.
   • ▪ a set of different items, typically of software or hardware, sold together as a package: "a bundle of 15 desktop utilities"
   • ▪ a large amount of money: "the new printer cost a bundle"

   verb

   • 1. tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel: "she quickly bundled up her clothes" Similar tie (up)tie togetherdo uppack (up)pack togetherpackageparcel (up)packetwrap (up)roll (up)wind upfold (up)furlbind (up)fasten togetherbaletruss (up)Opposite undo
   • ▪ dress (someone) in many clothes to keep warm: "they were bundled up in thick sweaters" Similar wrapenvelopclothecovermuffleswatheswaddlebindbandageshrouddrapewindenfoldsheatheencloseencaseliterary:lap
   • ▪ sell (different items, typically of hardware or software) together as a package.
   • 2. push or carry forcibly: informal "he was bundled into a van" Similar hustlejostlemanhandlefrogmarchsweepthrowhurryrushshovepushthrustpropelimpel
   • ▪ send (someone) away hurriedly or unceremoniously: "the old man was bundled off into exile"
   • ▪ (especially of a group of people) move clumsily or in a disorganized way: "they bundled out into the corridor"
   • 3. sleep fully clothed with another person, as a former local custom during courtship: historical "he stopped occasionally in the villages to dance at country frolics, and bundle with the lasses"

   Word Origin Middle English: perhaps originally from Old Englishbyndelle ‘a binding’, reinforced by Low German and Dutch bundel (to which byndelle is related).

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