bundle
/ˈbʌn.dl̩/ noun, verb
Forms bundles bundling bundled
- noun (collective, countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. “a bundle of straw or of paper”
- noun (countable) A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
- noun (collective) A group of products or services sold together as a unit. “This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games.”
- noun (informal) A large amount, especially of money. “The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle.”
- noun (biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
- noun (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
- noun (computing, Mac OS X) A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
- noun A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
- verb (transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.
- verb (transitive) To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.
- verb (intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.
- verb (transitive) To dress someone warmly.
- verb (intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
- verb (computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.
- verb (intransitive) To hurry.
- verb (slang) Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.
Synonyms
sheaf wisp mint pile small fortune dogpile package packet parcel big bucks megabucks big money bundle up roll up bunch bunch up cluster clump pack wad compact practice bundling
Etymology
From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- verb To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
- verb To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
- verb To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
Etymology [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. bündel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “bundle”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details