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bundle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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.

Meanings

  1. (collective, countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
    • a bundle of old clothes
    • a bundle of noodles
    • a bundle of straw or of paper
    • The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. 1760, Oliver Goldsmith, On National Concord:
  2. (countable) A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
  3. (collective) A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
    • This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games.
  4. (informal) A large amount, especially of money.
    • The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle.
    • I mean it's nothing for him to go to the races, do a bundle, and come home laughing and joking like nothing's happened. 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 134:
  5. A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
  6. A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
  7. (qualifier:Mac OS X) A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
  8. A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
  9. (countable) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
  10. Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bundles Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

bale (quantity of paper) · quire (quantity of paper) · ream (quantity of paper)

Deriveds

you cannot break a twig in a bundle · debundle · bundle of Kent · bundle of nerves · a stick in a bundle cannot be broken · bundle buggy · bundle adjustment · a stick in a bundle is unbreakable · sticks in a bundle cannot be broken · you can't break sticks in a bundle · His bundle · get one's undies in a bundle · conjoint bundle · bundle of sticks · fibre bundle · interbundle · bundlet · you cannot break a stick in a bundle · vector bundle · bundle branch block · microbundle · bundle of His · bundlesome · bundle of Monakow · a twig in a bundle is unbreakable · bundle of joy · subbundle · myobundle · grundle · drop one's bundle · a twig in a bundle cannot be broken · sticks in a bundle are unbreakable · bundleman · fiber bundle · sticks in a bundle can't be broken · go a bundle on · atrioventricular bundle · you cannot break sticks in a bundle · one can't break sticks in a bundle · you can't break a twig in a bundle · bundle dualism · rebundle · vascular bundle · one cannot break a twig in a bundle · hexabundle · bibundle · bundle of laughs · AV bundle · tangent bundle · Bachmann's bundle · bindle · one cannot break a stick in a bundle · one can't break a twig in a bundle · bundle of energy · bundleware · sacred bundle · one can't break a stick in a bundle · bundle pillar · you can't break a stick in a bundle · hair bundle · bundle branch

Hyponyms

native bundle

Meronyms

stalk space

Synonyms

mint · sheaf · wisp · pile · small fortune

Translations (231)

ko 꾸러미 (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · it gruzzolo (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · es molote (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sl sveženj (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · hy կապոց (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · ko 묶음 (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · oc fais (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi kimppu (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · km កណ្ដាប់ (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · gd ultach (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es chemís (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · tya awate (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · th มัด (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · pl ryza austriacka (1000 sheets of paper) · fi nyytti (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · lad בוגו (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ru вяза́нка (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi kytkykauppa (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · pt fardo (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ru пук (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · haw ʻope (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · to kofukofu (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · fi paketti (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · hi गठरी (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fa دسته (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · tr bohça (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · cmn(group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es atado (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · id bundel (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ro legătură (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ca feix (1000 sheets of paper) · tr bohça (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · nl bundel (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · es fardel (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ro mănunchi (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · bg пакет (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · pl zawiniątko (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · de Bündel (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · nl bundel (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · it rotolo (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · tg даста (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · uli hoagooel (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · grc δέσμη (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · es lío (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · uk зго́рток (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · ru у́зел (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi aineisto (law: assemblage of documentation for a court case) · haw pūʻā (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · hi गड्डी (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · vi(group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · it fascina (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · tr demet (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fr paquet (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · uk су́верток (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · fi nippu (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · az dəstə (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sv knyte (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · it insieme (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · tyz ben (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · pl kupa (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · ca feix (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · uk в'я́зка (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · az bağlama (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · gd ultach (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · tl bungkos (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · th ฟ่อน (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ota باغ (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · az boğça (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · de Bündel (mathematics: type of topological space) · uk паке́т (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · pt pacote (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · tl tungkos (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ru па́чка (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi paketti (computing: type of Mac OS directory) · lmo fagòtt (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · ro colet (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · gl feixe de cartos (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · ru свя́зка (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · bg паке́т (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · es fajo (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · pt monte (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · pl pęk (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es haz (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ja(mathematics: type of topological space) · ro pachet (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · de Bündel (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · twf ílena (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es conjunto (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · sk viazanica (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sv bunt (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · ca pac (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · es fardo (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · kk айырғыш (mathematics: type of topological space) · es junta (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · fa بقچه (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · hy կապոց (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ru пучо́к (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi paketti (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · yi בינטל (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sv knippe (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · fr fagot (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sw furushi (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · tyz bỏ (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · bg сноп (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ru свёрток (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · yue 叢 /丛 (mathematics: type of topological space) · pt trouxa (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · twf ílena (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · ota دمت (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fr paquet (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · grc δέσμη (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ru па́чка (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · cs svazek (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sq bokshe (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · km កលាប (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · cmn(group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · de Bündel (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sv paket (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · ru свёрток (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · th กำ (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ca farcell (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · it fascio (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ar إِبَالَة (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · pt trouxa (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · fi kaksi riisiä (1000 sheets of paper) · sh bȁla (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es conjuntura (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · es juntura (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · az dəstə (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · la fascis (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · sh smotuljak (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · la sarcina (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ga cual (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi ryväs (linguistics: unidiomatic sequence of words that occurs with high frequency) · be скру́так (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · es bulto (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · sh svežanj (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · hy կապուկ (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · cmn 叢 /丛 (mathematics: type of topological space) · kum байлам (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sa बन्ध (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · rar koʻu (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · vo tuf (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · mk па́чка (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · ms berkas (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ro pachet (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · mi kope (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · gl feixe (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · az bağlı (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · fi nyytti (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sv bunt (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · hu köteg (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · be звя́зка (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · nb bunt (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ro snop (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · nl hoop (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · lad bogo (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · vi chùm (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es haz (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · bg сноп (mathematics: type of topological space) · mk па́кетче (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · ar حُزْمَة (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · nl spierbundel (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · izh kimppu (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi kimppu (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sm ʻofu (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · qu q'ipi (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · uk жмут (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ru паке́т (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · tr demet (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · pt embrulho (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · es tanate (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi nippu (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · bg вързо́п (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi tukku (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · nl bundel (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · la fascis (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · de Bündel (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · az boğça (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · pl pęczek (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · cs balík (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · az paçka (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · hy փաթեթ (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · mi pōwhā (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · bg сноп (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · cmn(group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · nn bunt (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · km ក្តឿង (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi kimppu (mathematics: type of topological space) · mi pūpū (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · sv knippe (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · cs balík (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · be паку́нак (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · ca feix (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · pt feixe (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · ga allatán (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · my အထုပ် (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · gl feixe (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · bg па́чка (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · be паке́т (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · nrf bott'lée (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · hy խուրձ (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ca paquet (group of products or services sold together as a unit) · hy խուրձ (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · fi kimppu (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) · fr faisceau (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es gavilla (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · uk паку́нок (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · sv paket (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · mk вр́зоп (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · it fagotto (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · ga cuach (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ru расслоение (mathematics: type of topological space) · alt буулам (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sk zväzok (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · mk па́кет (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · pdt Goaw (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es conjunto (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · es fajo (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · ro fascicul (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sv bunt (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · pl wiązka (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · sv packe (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · it pacchetto (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) · uk па́чка (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · be па́чка (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) · rup mãnuclju (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · fi paketti (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · da bundt (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ja(group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) · ro fascicul de fibre nervoase (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres)

bundle en · VERB

Pronunciation

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.
  2. (transitive) To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.
    • They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. 1835, Theodore Hook, Gilbert Gurney:
  3. (intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.
  4. (transitive) To dress someone warmly.
  5. (intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
  6. To sell hardware and software as a single product.
  7. (intransitive) To hurry.
  8. (slang) Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.
  9. (transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.
    • Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 7”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
    • At the other end, Essien thought he had bundled the ball over the line in between Bolton's final two substitutions but the flag had already gone up. 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
    • 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. 1859, Terence, Comedies of Terence:
  10. (dated, intransitive) To sleep on the same bed without undressing.
    • They were on the couch for nearly an hour, then in the shower for she didn't know how long — until the hot water started to fail and drove them out, anyway. Then she took him into her bed, where she lay too exhausted and too content to do anything but bundle. 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
    • Van Corlear […][stopped] occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. 1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bundling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bundles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bundled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bundled Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

bundler · bundle together · resource-bundle · unbundle

Relateds

bundle up · bundle off

Synonyms

dogpile

Translations (72)

fi sitoa yhteen (to tie or wrap together) · ro înfofoli (to dress someone warmly) · it affagottare (to tie or wrap together) · sv bunta (to tie or wrap together) · bg дам си зор (intransitive: to hurry) · es atar (to tie or wrap together) · fi lähettää matkoihinsa (to hustle, dispatch quickly) · ro matisa (to tie or wrap together) · it raccogliere (to tie or wrap together) · fi niputtaa (to tie or wrap together) · mi mōkī (to tie or wrap together) · rar koʻukoʻu (to tie or wrap together) · rar koʻu (to tie or wrap together) · nl bundelen (to tie or wrap together) · fr se dépêcher (intransitive: to hurry) · fi paketoida (computing: to sell hardware and software as single product) · ru утепли́ться (intransitive: to dress warmly) · es abrigar (to dress someone warmly) · fi kimputtaa (to tie or wrap together) · gd trus (to tie or wrap together) · bg катурвам (transitive: to hastily or clumsily push) · es carrerear (to hustle, dispatch quickly) · mi mōkihi (to tie or wrap together) · fi kiirehtiä (intransitive: to hurry) · es liar (to tie or wrap together) · ga cuach (to tie or wrap together) · gd trus (intransitive: to dress warmly) · es abrigarse (intransitive: to dress warmly) · nl snellen (intransitive: to hurry) · mi paihere (to tie or wrap together) · nl buitenwerken (to hustle, dispatch quickly) · nl aaneenbinden (to tie or wrap together) · bg обличам топло (to dress someone warmly) · mi pōtoketoke (to tie or wrap together) · tr demetlemek (to tie or wrap together) · it integrare (computing: to sell hardware and software as single product) · nl samenbinden (to tie or wrap together) · bg давам си зор (intransitive: to hurry) · bg връзвам (to tie or wrap together) · io enpakigar (to tie or wrap together) · es apurarse (intransitive: to hurry) · fi toppautua (intransitive: to dress warmly) · mi pūpū (to tie or wrap together) · mi whakamekemeke (to tie or wrap together) · ro încotoșmăna (to dress someone warmly) · gd trus (to dress someone warmly) · sm ʻofu (to tie or wrap together) · nl induffelen (to dress someone warmly) · sv bundla (computing: to sell hardware and software as single product) · fr lier (to tie or wrap together) · nl wegwerken (to hustle, dispatch quickly) · fi kääräistä (to tie or wrap together) · nl drummen (intransitive: to hurry) · ota دمتلمك (to tie or wrap together) · ru утепля́ться (intransitive: to dress warmly) · es juntar (computing: to sell hardware and software as single product) · fi sitoa (to tie or wrap together) · it aggregare (to tie or wrap together) · ru свя́зывать в у́зел (to tie or wrap together) · es despachar rápidamente (to hustle, dispatch quickly) · es conjuntar (computing: to sell hardware and software as single product) · es amarrar (to tie or wrap together) · es carrerearse (intransitive: to hurry) · fi topata (to dress someone warmly) · pt enfardar (to tie or wrap together) · ro lega (to tie or wrap together) · de bündeln (to tie or wrap together) · fr enliasser (to tie or wrap together) · sv bylta (to dress someone warmly) · nl zich induffelen (intransitive: to dress warmly) · es empujar (to hustle, dispatch quickly) · bg катурна (transitive: to hastily or clumsily push)