BUNDLE


Meaning of BUNDLE in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a collection of things tied or fastened together.

2 a set of nerve fibres etc. banded together.

3 sl. a large amount of money.

--v.

1. tr. (usu. foll. by up) tie in or make into a bundle (bundled up my squash kit).

2 tr. (usu. foll. by into) throw or push, esp. quickly or confusedly (bundled the papers into the drawer).

3 tr. (usu. foll. by out, off, away, etc.) send (esp. a person) away hurriedly or unceremoniously (bundled them off the premises).

4 intr. sleep clothed with another person, esp. a fianc{eacute}(e), as a local custom.

Phrases and idioms:

be a bundle of nerves (or prejudices etc) be extremely nervous (or prejudiced etc.). bundle up dress warmly or cumbersomely. go a bundle on sl. be very fond of.

Derivatives:

bundler n.

Etymology: ME, perh. f. OE byndelle a binding, but also f. LG, Du bundel

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.