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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bundle \Bun"dle\, verb (used without an object)
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.
{To bundle up}, to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bundle \Bun"dle\ (b[u^]n"d'l), noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bundle \Bun"dle\, verb (used with an object) [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.
3. 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bundle
noun
1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package}, {packet}, {parcel}]
2: a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing [syn: {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}, {big bucks}, {megabucks}, {big money}]
verb
1: make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions" [syn: {bundle up}, {roll up}]
2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the registration desk" [syn: {bunch}, {bunch up}, {cluster}, {clump}]
3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: {pack}, {wad}, {compact}]
4: sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed [syn: {practice bundling}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
232 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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