bundle
noun
[ ˈbʌnd(ə)l ]
• a collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together.
• "a thick bundle of envelopes"
Similar:
bunch,
roll,
clump,
wad,
parcel,
packet,
package,
pack,
sheaf,
bale,
bolt,
truss,
fascicle,
pile,
stack,
heap,
mass,
quantity,
armful,
collection,
accumulation,
agglomeration,
lot,
batch,
load,
wodge,
bundle
verb
• tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel.
• "she quickly bundled up her clothes"
Similar:
tie (up),
tie together,
do up,
pack (up),
pack together,
package,
parcel (up),
packet,
wrap (up),
roll (up),
wind up,
fold (up),
furl,
bind (up),
fasten together,
bale,
truss (up),
• push, carry, or send forcibly, hastily, or unceremoniously.
• "he was bundled into a van"
Similar:
hustle,
jostle,
manhandle,
frogmarch,
sweep,
throw,
hurry,
rush,
shove,
push,
thrust,
propel,
impel,
• sleep fully clothed with another person, as a former local custom during courtship.
• "he stopped occasionally in the villages to dance at country frolics, and bundle with the lasses"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps originally from Old English byndelle ‘a binding’, reinforced by Low German and Dutch bundel (to which byndelle is related).
