bundle
bundle
Definition
bun·dle (bun′dəl)
noun
- a number of things tied, wrapped, or otherwise held together
- a package or parcel
- a bunch, collection, or group
- Slang a large amount of money
- Biol.
- any of the strands of specialized cells that conduct fluids or add strength in higher plants in full vascular bundle
- an anatomical unit consisting of a number of separate nerve fibers, muscles, etc. closely banded together
- any of the strands of specialized cells that conduct fluids or add strength in higher plants
Etymology: ME bundel, prob. < MDu bondel, dim. < bond < binden, bind
transitive verb bundled -·dled, bundling -·dling
- to make into a bundle; wrap or tie together
- to offer together with a related product or service for sale at a package price to bundle an Internet browser with a PC
- to send hastily or without ceremony; hustle (away, off, out, or into)
intransitive verb
- to move or go hastily; bustle
- to lie in the same bed with one's sweetheart without undressing: a former courting custom, esp. in New England
bundle up
to put on plenty of warm clothing
bundle
Synonyms
bundle
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- tie: All you could see were folks with tied bundles of clothes or some precious items they had managed to save.
- wrap: Pull over to the side of the road to pick up tightly wrapped bundles of tender asparagus or punnets of sweet juicy strawberries.
Adjective modifier
- tidy: Our plans for little public trust a tidy bundle.
- neurovascular: The esophagus and pharynx were then separated from the loose tissue of the retropharyngeal plane and the hyoid bone and neurovascular bundles removed.
- vascular: The dark spots on the scar, mark where the vascular bundles which carried the sap passed through from the twig into the leaf.
- neat: The aim is to leave a multi-strand wire in a neat bundle which may be inserted easily into the sleeve.
- tiny: A tiny bundle of white fluff with big ears.
- inclusive: Customers can purchase data inclusive bundles of 15MB for £ 5 a month.
Noun used with modifier
- localization: If the named Logger already exists and does not yet have a localization resource bundle then the given resource bundle name is used.
- fiber: The fiber bundle is generally more than 6 mm across.
- fiber: Whiplash uses more fiber bundles when braiding, contributing to the performance and knot strength.
- pipeline: Completion of the drilling operations will allow installation of the subsea pipeline bundle during December and January.
Preposition: of
- fluff: You were a bundle of fluff the day we first got you.
- joy: Oyster cards are amazing, they are like little bundles of joy.
- twig: Then he picks up a bundle of birch twigs and beats you lightly all over.
- myrrh: What a life shall it be, to hold Him as a bundle of myrrh, all night to lie between our breasts?
- firewood: They covered the huge heap of barrels with bundles of firewood, just in case anyone looked inside.
- reed: To cross water, they used floating logs, bundles of reed or blown up animal skins.
bundle Quotes
A bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.
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