Bundle

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: bun=dle

CIDE DICTIONARY

Bundle, n. [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 clothes.  [1913 Webster]
"The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend."  [1913 Webster]

Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. Weale.

Bundle, v. t. 

•  To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.  [1913 Webster]
•  To send off abruptly or without ceremony.  [1913 Webster]

  "They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach."  [1913 Webster]
•  to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; -- usually done for related products which work or are used together.  [PJC]

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 time. -- To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.

Bundle, v. i. 

•  To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.  [1913 Webster]
•  To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.  Bartlett.  [1913 Webster]

  "Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses."  [1913 Webster]

To bundle up, to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Bundle, 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 fianc{eacute}(e), as a local custom.

Idiom

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.

Derivative

bundler n.

Etymology

ME, perh. f. OE byndelle a binding, but also f. LG, Du bundel

THESAURUS

Bundle

accelerate, amble, array, bale, band, bandage, barge, batch, belt, bend, bind, bind up, bindle, body, bolt, bomb, boodle, bouquet, bow out, bowl along, brace, budget, bunch, bundle off, bundle up, bustle, chain, chase, cinch, clump, cluster, collect, collection, croodle, crowd, cuddle, cuddle up, curl up, dash, dash off, dash on, decamp, deck, dismiss, dispatch, do up, double-time, drag, drive on, expedite, fagot, fardel, fasces, fascine, festinate, float, flounce, foot, footslog, forward, gather together, get going, get moving, gird, girdle, girt, girth, give a start, give the air, give the gate, halt, haste, hasten, hasten on, hie on, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, hustle out, hustle up, jog, jolt, jump, kick off, lace, lap, lash, launch, leap, leash, limp, lose no time, lot, lumber, lunge, lurch, make haste, mince, mint, move quickly, nestle, nosegay, nuzzle, pace, pack, pack off, package, packet, paddle, parcel, peg, piaffe, piaffer, pile, plod, plunge, post, posy, pot, prance, precipitate, press, press on, push, push on, push through, put in motion, quicken, quiver, race, rack, railroad through, roll, roll up, rope, rouleau, run, rush, rush along, rush through, sashay, saunter, scamper, scramble, scuff, scuffle, scurry, scuttle, send, send away, send forth, send off, send packing, set, set afloat, set agoing, set going, set in motion, set on foot, shamble, sheaf, show the door, show the gate, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, snug up, snuggle, snuggle up to, speed, speed along, speed up, splice, spur, spurt, stagger, stalk, stamp, stampede, start, start going, start off, start up, stomp, straddle, straggle, strap, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swaddle, swagger, swathe, swing, tear, tie, tie up, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, trip, trudge, truss, truss up, turn away, turn off, urge, wad, waddle, wamble, whip, whip along, wiggle, wire, wobble, wrap, wrap up

ROGET THESAURUS

Bundle

Assemblage

N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

Journey

VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.