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bun·dle / ˈbəndl/ • n. a collection of things, or a quantity of material, tied or wrapped up together: a thick bundle of envelopes. ∎ fig. a large quantity or collection, typically a disorganized one: a bundle of facts. ∎ [in sing.] inf. a person displaying a specified characteristic to a very high degree: he was an enthusiastic bundle of energy. ∎ a set of nerve, muscle, or other fibers running close together in parallel. ∎ Comput. a set of software or hardware sold together. ∎ (a bundle) inf. a large amount of money: the new printer cost a bundle. • v. 1. [tr.] tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel: she quickly bundled up her clothes. ∎ [tr.] wrap or pack (something): the figure was bundled in furs. ∎ (usu. be bundled up) dress (someone) in many clothes to keep warm: they were bundled up in thick sweaters [intr.] I bundled up in my parka. ∎ Comput. sell (items of hardware and software) as a package. 2. [tr.] (often be bundled) inf. push or carry forcibly: he was bundled into a van. ∎ send (someone) away hurriedly or unceremoniously: the old man was bundled off into exile. ∎ [intr.] (esp. of a group of people) move clumsily or in a disorganized way: they bundled out into the corridor. |
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"bundle." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bundle." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bundle.html "bundle." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bundle.html |
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Bundlea number of things bound together as a loose package or roll; a given quantity of some articles. See also bolt, bunch, collection, package. Examples: bundle of archdeacons; of calumnies, 1646; of glass plate, 1831; of herbs, 1796; of ideas, 1690; of iron rods, 1831; of keys, 1474; of linen yarn [20 hanks], 1875; of notes [money]; of myrrh [sorrow], 1388; of principal nobility of the Christian world, 1564; of paper [two reams]; of papers, 1636; of qualities, 1863; of rags; of rays; of sensations, 1785; of sins, 1633; of sticks; of straw; of superstitions, 1768. |
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"Bundle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bundle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300187.html "Bundle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300187.html |
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A. † bandage XIV; B. collection of things bound together XIV. orig. perh. repr. OE. byndele binding, taken in concrete sense = OS. bundilin, OHG. gi-buntili (G. bündel), but reinforced later by (if not wholly due to) LG., Du. bundel; f. Gmc. *bund (*bend. *band-) BIND. |
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T. F. HOAD. "bundle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bundle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bundle.html T. F. HOAD. "bundle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bundle.html |
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bundle. Gothic pier resembling a tight bundle of colonnettes in which the latter are not actually detached, but are formed by the undulating plan-form. Compare clustered or compound pier.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bundle." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bundle." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-bundle.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "bundle." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-bundle.html |
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bundle To sell the hardware and software components of a computer system as a single package. See also unbundling.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "bundle." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "bundle." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-bundle.html JOHN DAINTITH. "bundle." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-bundle.html |
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bundle (bun-d'l) n. a group of muscles or nerve fibres situated close together and running in the same direction.
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"bundle." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bundle." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-bundle.html "bundle." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-bundle.html |
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bundle
•addle, paddle, saddle, skedaddle, staddle, straddle
•candle, Coromandel, dandle, Handel, handle, mishandle, Randall, sandal, scandal, vandal
•manhandle, panhandle
•packsaddle • side-saddle
•backpedal, heddle, medal, meddle, pedal, peddle, treadle
•Grendel, Kendall, Lendl, Mendel, Rendell, sendal, Wendell
•cradle, ladle
•beadle, bipedal, credal, needle, wheedle
•diddle, fiddle, griddle, kiddle, Liddell, middle, piddle, riddle, twiddle
•brindle, dwindle, kindle, spindle, swindle, Tyndale
•paradiddle, taradiddle
•pyramidal • apsidal
•bridal, bridle, fratricidal, genocidal, germicidal, homicidal, idle, idol, infanticidal, insecticidal, intertidal, matricidal, parricidal, patricidal, pesticidal, regicidal, sidle, suicidal, tidal, tyrannicidal, uxoricidal
•coddle, doddle, model, noddle, swaddle, toddle, twaddle, waddle
•fondle, rondel
•mollycoddle
•caudal, chordal, dawdle
•poundal, roundel
•Gödel, modal, yodel
•crinoidal
•boodle, caboodle, canoodle, doodle, feudal, noodle, poodle, strudel, udal
•befuddle, cuddle, fuddle, huddle, muddle, puddle, ruddle
•bundle, trundle
•prebendal • synodal
•antipodal, tripodal
•citadel
•curdle, engirdle, girdle, hurdle
•dirndl
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"bundle." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bundle." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bundle.html "bundle." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bundle.html |
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