bundle
v.
gather together, bind together; make into a bundle, package
Bundling
bundling
Noun
1. a one-time custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing
(hypernym) courtship, wooing, courting, suit
2. the act of binding something into a bundle
(hypernym) packing, boxing
3. the act of shoving hastily; "she complained about bundling the children off to school"
(hypernym) shove
bundle
Noun
1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
(synonym) package, packet, parcel
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) wisp
(derivation) bunch, bunch up, cluster, clump
2. a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
(synonym) sheaf
(hypernym) package, parcel
(hyponym) bale
(derivation) bunch, bunch up, cluster, clump
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"
(synonym) pile, big bucks, megabucks, big money
(hypernym) money
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
Verb
1. make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions"
(synonym) bundle up, roll up
(hypernym) pack
(derivation) package, packet, parcel
2. gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the registration desk"
(synonym) bunch, bunch up, cluster, clump
(hypernym) form
(hyponym) agglomerate
(derivation) package, packet, parcel
3. compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
(synonym) pack, wad, compact
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) puddle
(see-also) bundle off
(verb-group) compact, pack
4. sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
(synonym) practice bundling
(hypernym) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
Bundling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bundle
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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