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Webster 1913 Edition
Bundle
Bun′dle
(bŭn′d’l)
, Noun.
[OE.
bundel
, AS. byndel
; akin to D. bondel
, bundel
, G. bündel
, 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 clothesThe 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.
Bun′dle
,Verb.
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;
– as, the working mothers
. bundle
their children off
to school and then try to get themselves to work on timeTo bundle one’s self up
, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.
Bun′dle
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bundle
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.Definition 2024
bundle
bundle
See also: bündle
English
Noun
bundle (plural bundles)
- A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
- a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes
- Goldsmith
- The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend.
- A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
- (biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
- (informal) A large amount, especially of money.
- The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle.
- (computing, Mac OS X) A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
- A quantity of paper equal to 2 reams (1000 sheets).
- (law) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "bundle"
Descendants
Translations
group of objects held together by wrapping or tying
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package wrapped or tied up for carrying
biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres
colloquial: large amount, especially of money
quantity of paper
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Coordinate terms
See also
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Units of paper quantity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Verb
bundle (third-person singular simple present bundles, present participle bundling, simple past and past participle bundled)
- To tie or wrap together.
- To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.
- T. Hook
- They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach.
- T. Hook
- (intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
- (transitive) To dress someone warmly.
- (intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
- (computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.
- (intransitive) To hurry.
- (slang) To dogpile
- (transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 7
- Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity.
- 1859, Terence, Comedies of Terence
- Why, I didn't know that she meant that, until the Captain gave me an explanation, because I was dull of comprehension ; for he bundled me out of the house.
- (dated, intransitive) To sleep on the same bed without undressing.
- Washington Irving
- Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses.
- Washington Irving
Derived terms
Translations
to tie or wrap together
to hustle, dispatch quickly
to dress someone warmly
intransitive: to dress warmly
computing: to sell hardware and software as single product
intransitive: to hurry