Collins English-English Dictionary

bundle ['b^nd^əl]

1. 1. n a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together

   a bundle of sticks

2. 2. n something wrapped or tied for carrying; package

3. 3. n [slang] a large sum of money

4. 4. n [biology] a collection of strands of specialized tissue such as nerve fibres

5. 5. n short for vascular bundle

6. 6. n [botany] [textiles] a measure of yarn or cloth; 60000 yards of linen yarn; 5 or 10 pounds of cotton hanks

7. 7. vt. [tr; often foll by up] to make into a bundle

8. 8. vt. [foll by out, off, into etc] to go or cause to go, esp roughly or unceremoniously

   we bundled him out of the house

9. 9. vt. [tr; usually foll by into] to push or throw, esp quickly and untidily

   to bundle shirts into a drawer

10. 10. vt. [tr] to sell (computer hardware and software) as one indivisible package

11. 11. vt. [tr] to give away (a relatively cheap product) when selling an expensive one to attract business

    several free CDs are often bundled with music centres

12. 12. vi. [intr] 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

13. 13. vi. [Etymology] C14: probably from Middle Dutch bundel; related to Old English bindele bandage; see bind, bond