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BUNDLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

Synonyms:

bundle; sheaf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bundle" is a kind of...):

package; parcel (a wrapped container)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bundle"):

bale (a large bundle bound for storage or transport)

faggot; fagot (a bundle of sticks and branches bound together)

pack (a bundle (especially one carried on the back))

swag (a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman)

Derivation:

bundle (gather or cause to gather into a cluster)

bundle (make into a bundle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A collection of things wrapped or boxed together

Synonyms:

bundle; package; packet; parcel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("bundle" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bundle"):

wisp (a small bundle of straw or hay)

Derivation:

bundle (gather or cause to gather into a cluster)

bundle (make into a bundle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

Example:

they sank megabucks into their new house

Synonyms:

big bucks; big money; bundle; megabucks; pile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("bundle" is a kind of...):

money (wealth reckoned in terms of money)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed

Synonyms:

bundle; practice bundling

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "bundle" is one way to...):

catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Compress into a wad

Example:

wad paper into the box

Synonyms:

bundle; compact; pack; wad

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bundle" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Verb group:

compact; pack (have the property of being packable or of compacting easily)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bundle"):

puddle (work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

bundle off (send off unceremoniously)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Gather or cause to gather into a cluster

Example:

She bunched her fingers into a fist

Synonyms:

bunch; bundle; clump; cluster

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bundle" is one way to...):

form (assume a form or shape)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bundle"):

agglomerate (form into one cluster)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

bundle (a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing)

bundle (a collection of things wrapped or boxed together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make into a bundle

Example:

he bundled up his few possessions

Synonyms:

bundle; bundle up; roll up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bundle" is one way to...):

pack (arrange in a container)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bundle (a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing)

bundle (a collection of things wrapped or boxed together)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“Will you please dress as warmly as you can, at once, and make into a bundle whatever you wish to bring with you.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The epithalamus is generally considered to include the habenular nuclei and associated fiber bundles, the pineal body, and the epithelial roof of the third ventricle.

(Epithalamus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

I could see that it was already a third full of bundles of paper tied up with red tape into separate packages.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An electrocardiographic finding of complete or incomplete right bundle branch block accompanied by ST elevation in leads V1-V3.

(Brugada Syndrome Pattern by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

If you hope for a baby, this magnificent buildup of planetary power in your fifth house—which also rules pregnancy and birth—may bring you that little bundle of joy.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

An electrocardiographic finding of a pattern of right bundle branch block and ST-segment elevation within electrocardiogram leads V1-V3.

(Brugada Syndrome Ventricular Arrhythmia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

It consists of approximately 110 amino acids in a left-handed up-and-down four helix bundle with a left handed twist.

(Bromodomain, NCI Thesaurus)

Technically left bundle branch block may be considered a bifascicular block.

(Bifascicular Block by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

The platelets retain the fibrin in tiny, tightly wound bundles, therefore remodeling the fibrin mesh to make it more dense and stiff.

(How And Why Blood Clots Shrink, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A lymphangioma characterized by the presence of collagen bundle formation.

(Acquired Progressive Lymphangioma, NCI Thesaurus)