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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUN'DLE, n.
1. A number of things put together.
2. A roll; any thing bound or rolled into a convenient form for conveyance; as a bundle of lace; a bundle of hay.
BUNDLE, v.t. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll; often followed by up; as, to bundle up clothes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package, bundle, packet, parcel]
2: a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing [syn: bundle, 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" [syn: pile, bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money] v
1: make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions" [syn: bundle, bundle up, roll up]
2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" [syn: bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump]
3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack, bundle, wad, compact]
4: sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed [syn: bundle, practice bundling]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English byndel bundle, bindan to bind Date: 14th century 1. a. a group of things fastened together for convenient handling b. package, parcel c. a considerable number ; lot d. a sizable sum of money e. a person embodying a specified quality or characteristic <a bundle of energy> f. bunch 1 2. a. a small band of mostly parallel fibers (as of nerve or muscle) b. vascular bundle 3. a package offering related products or services at a single price <software bundles> II. verb (bundled; bundling) Date: 1611 transitive verb 1. to make into a bundle or package ; wrap 2. to hustle or hurry unceremoniously <bundled the children off to school> 3. to include (a product or service) with a related product for sale at a single price <software is bundled with computer hardware> intransitive verb 1. hurry, hustle 2. to practice bundling • bundler noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a collection of things tied or fastened together. 2 a set of nerve fibres etc. banded together. 3 sl. a large amount of money. --v. 1 tr. (usu. foll. by up) tie in or make into a bundle (bundled up my squash kit). 2 tr. (usu. foll. by into) throw or push, esp. quickly or confusedly (bundled the papers into the drawer). 3 tr. (usu. foll. by out, off, away, etc.) send (esp. a person) away hurriedly or unceremoniously (bundled them off the premises). 4 intr. sleep clothed with another person, esp. a fiancé(e), as a local custom. Phrases and idioms: be a bundle of nerves (or prejudices etc) be extremely nervous (or prejudiced etc.). bundle up dress warmly or cumbersomely. go a bundle on sl. be very fond of. Derivatives: bundler n. Etymology: ME, perh. f. OE byndelle a binding, but also f. LG, Du bundel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. --Goldsmith. Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. --Weale.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bundle Bun"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bundled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bundling.] 1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll. 2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony. They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. --T. Hook. To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony. To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bundle Bun"dle, v. i. 1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony. 2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. --Bartlett. Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. --W. Irving.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bundles, bundling, bundled) 1. A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored. He gathered the bundles of clothing into his arms... I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles. N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. If you describe someone as, for example, a bundle of fun, you are emphasizing that they are full of fun. If you describe someone as a bundle of nerves, you are emphasizing that they are very nervous. I remember Mickey as a bundle of fun, great to have around... Life at high school wasn't a bundle of laughs, either... N-SING: a N of n [emphasis] 3. If you refer to a bundle of things, you are emphasizing that there is a wide range of them. The profession offers a bundle of benefits, not least of which is extensive training. = package N-COUNT: N of n [emphasis] 4. If someone is bundled somewhere, someone pushes them there in a rough and hurried way. He was bundled into a car and driven 50 miles to a police station... VERB: be V-ed prep/adv, also V n prep/adv 5. To bundle software means to sell it together with a computer, or with other hardware or software, as part of a set. (COMPUTING) It's cheaper to buy software bundled with a PC than separately. VERB: V-ed

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bun'-d'-l: Represents in English Versions of the Bible the words tseror, from a verb meaning "cramp" "bind," etc. (Ge 42:35; 1Sa 25:29; So 1:13); tsebheth, from a verb probably meaning "to grasp" (Ru 2:16); and deseme, from deo, "to tie up," "bind," hence, literally "bundle," just as the English word is derived from "bind" (Mt 13:30); and plethos, properly "multitude." The custom of binding up precious things in bundles (compare So 1:13) is the basis of the very interesting metaphor in 1Sa 25:29: "The soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh thy God," or perhaps better, "in the bundle of the living in the care of Yahweh"--an assurance of perfect safety.

J. R. Van Pelt

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Package, pack, packet, parcel, budget, roll. II. v. a. Tie in a bundle, put into bundles, bundle up. III. v. n. 1. Depart hurriedly, set off in a hurry. 2. Sleep together (without undressing).

Moby Thesaurus

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