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bundle noun 1 a number of things loosely fastened or tied together. 2 a loose parcel, especially one contained in a cloth. 3 (also vascular bundle) bot one of many strands of conducting vessels or fibres, etc that serve to conduct water and nutrients and to provide mechanical support in the stems and leaves of higher plants. 4 slang a large amount of money • made a bundle on the deal. verb (bundled, bundling) 1 (often bundle something up) to make it into a bundle or bundles. 2 (often bundle something with something) marketing to sell (a product) along with (another related product) as a single package. be a bundle of nerves to be extremely nervous and jumpy. go a bundle on someone or something slang to be enthusiastic about, or like, them or it very much.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c.

bundle someone or something away, off or out, etc to put them or it somewhere quickly and unceremoniously, roughly or untidily; to hustle • bundled him into a taxi.

bundle someone up colloq to wrap them up warmly • bundled her up in a blanket.