bundle

UK: /ˈbʌnd^əl/ US: /ˈbʌndəl/ ,(bun′dl)

Inflections of 'bundle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

bundles

v 3rd person singular

bundling

v pres p

bundled

v past

bundled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

bun•dle /ˈbʌndəl/   n., v., -dled, -dling. 
n. [countable]

1. an item wrapped for carrying;
   package:
   He brought in a few bundles from the car.
2. several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay;
   a bundle of wood.
3. [singular* a + ~ + of] a number of things considered together.
4. a large amount of something;
   a lot of:
   He's a bundle of nerves (= He is very nervous).
5. Slang Terms Slang. a great deal of money:
   made a bundle in that last deal.

v. 

6. to wrap in a bundle:
   [~ + object] She bundled the packages together.
7. to send or push away(off, etc.) hurriedly:
   [~ + object (+ off/into/out)] They bundled her off to the country. The police bundled him into the car.
8. to supply or include (products or services) in one sale for one price:
   [~ + object] The computer comes bundled with software and diskettes.
9. bundle up, to dress warmly or snugly: [no object]
   Bundle up; it's cold outside.
   [~ + object + up]
   We bundled the kids up in layers of clothes.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bun•dle  (bun′dl), n., v., -dled, -dling. 
n. 

1. several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together:
   a bundle of hay.
2. an item, group, or quantity wrapped for carrying;
   package.
3. a number of things considered together:
   a bundle of ideas.
4. Slang Terms a great deal of money:
   He made a bundle in the market.
5. Botany an aggregation of strands of specialized conductive and mechanical tissues.
6. Linguistics Also called bundle of isoglosses. Dialect Geog. a group of close isoglosses running in approximately the same direction, esp. when taken as evidence of an important dialect division.
7. Anatomy, Zoology an aggregation of fibers, as of nerves or muscles.
8. British Terms drop one's bundle, [Australian and New Zealand Slang.] to lose confidence or hope.

v.t. 

9. to tie together or wrap in a bundle:
   Bundle the newspapers for the trash man.
10. to send away hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually fol. by off, out, etc.):
    They bundled her off to the country.
11. to offer or supply (related products or services) in a single transaction at one all-inclusive price.

v.i. 

12. to leave hurriedly or unceremoniously (usually fol. by off, out, etc.):
    They indignantly bundled out of the meeting.
13. (esp. of sweethearts during courtship in early New England) to lie in the same bed while fully clothed, as for privacy and warmth in a house where an entire family shared one room with a fireplace.
14. bundle up, to dress warmly or snugly:
    A blizzard was raging but the children were all bundled up.

• Middle Dutch bundel, bondel; akin to bind
• Middle English bundel 1350–1400

bun′dler, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. Bundle, bunch refer to a number of things or an amount of something fastened or bound together.
  Bundle implies a close binding or grouping together, and often refers to a wrapped package:
  a bundle of laundry, of dry goods.
  A bunch is a number of things, usually all of the same kind, fastened together:
  a bunch of roses, of keys.
• 2. parcel, pack, packet.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

bundle / ˈbʌnd^əl/ noun

1. a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together: a bundle of sticks
   Related adjective(s): fascicular
2. something wrapped or tied for carrying; package
3. a large sum of money
4. go a bundle on ⇒ to be extremely fond of
5. a collection of strands of specialized tissue such as nerve fibres
6. short for vascular bundle
7. drop one's bundle ⇒ to panic or give up hope
8. to give birth

verb

1. (transitive) often followed by up: to make into a bundle
2. followed by out, off, into, etc: to go or cause to go, esp roughly or unceremoniously
3. (transitive) usually followed by into: to push or throw, esp quickly and untidily
4. (transitive) to give away (a relatively cheap product) when selling an expensive one to attract business: several free games are bundled with the console
5. (intransitive) to sleep or lie in one's clothes on the same bed as one's betrothed: formerly a custom in New England, Wales, and elsewhere

Etymology: 14th Century: probably from Middle Dutch bundel; related to Old English bindele bandage; see bind, bond

ˈbundler noun