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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bundle \Bun"dle\ (b[u^]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin
   to D. bondel, bundel, G. b["u]ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr.
   the root of E. bind. See {Bind}.]
   A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope,
   into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance;
   a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a
   bundle of old clothes.

         The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle,
         no strength could bend.                  --Goldsmith.

   {Bundle pillar} (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of
      small dimensions attached to it. --Weale.

Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bundled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Bundling}.]
   1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.

   2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.

            They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second
            into our own hackney coach.           --T. Hook.

   {To bundle off}, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony.
      

   {To bundle one's self up}, to wrap one's self up warmly or
      cumbrously.

Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. i.
   1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without
      ceremony.

   2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to
      the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus
      sleeping. --Bartlett.

            Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to
            eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and
            bundle with the Yankee lasses.        --W. Irving.

Source : WordNet®

bundle
     n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package},
           {packet}, {parcel}]
     2: a package of several things tied together for carrying or
        storing [syn: {sheaf}]
     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" [syn: {pile}, {big bucks}, {megabucks},
         {big money}]

bundle
     v 1: make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions"
          [syn: {bundle up}, {roll up}]
     2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her
        fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the
        registration desk" [syn: {bunch}, {bunch up}, {cluster}, {clump}]
     3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: {pack},
        {wad}, {compact}]
     4: sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
        [syn: {practice bundling}]
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