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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bundle up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:literal and figurative, transitive) To put into a bundle.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To dress in, or put on, warm clothes (especially, multiple layers thereof).
    • We mustn't forget that before the temperature really drops, we have the transitional season of fall that gives us the type of weather that's too hot for a coat, but too cold for just a light sweater. It can be challenging to figure out how to bundle up without worrying about sweating through layers! 2023 November 4, Kim Duong, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “22 Best Shackets to Get You Through the Chilly Fall Weather”, in Cosmopolitan:
    • "Come, boys, bundle up well, because it's going to be a cold drive." "I'll run ahead to get the others," 1916, Alice Hale Burnett, chapter IV, in Christmas Holidays at Merryvale:
    • Near-synonym: layer up

Forms

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

Coordinates

suit up

Hypernyms

gather up · tie up

Synonyms

layer up

Translations (8)

es arropar (to dress in warm clothes) · pl związywać w tobołek (to put into a bundle) · pl związać w tobołek (to put into a bundle) · pl ubierać ciepło (to dress in warm clothes) · es abrigar (to dress in warm clothes) · fr emmitoufler (to dress in warm clothes) · pl ubrać ciepło (to dress in warm clothes) · fr envelopper (to dress in warm clothes)