source: By Thamizhpparithi Maari - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

a collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together:

束, 包み (!通例, 同じ物がきちんと束［房］になっているbunchと違い, 持てるようにひとくくりにしてある束［包み］をいう)

e.g. a thick bundle of envelopes.

a set of nerve, muscle, or other fibers running close together in parallel.

〘植〙 維管束; 〘解剖〙 (筋肉の)繊維束

a set of software or hardware sold together.

〘コンピュ〙 付属ソフト, バンドル〘コンピュータに付属のソフトウェア〙

(a bundle) informal a large amount of money:

｟くだけて｠ 〖単数形で〗大金

e.g. the new printer cost a bundle.

1. with object tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel:

«…に» 〈人･物〉をすばやく押し込む, 詰め込む «into»

e.g. she quickly bundled up her clothes.

(usually be bundled up) dress (someone) in many clothes to keep warm:

【衣類などで】〈人〉をくるんで暖かくする(up) «in» (!しばしば受け身で) .

e.g. they were bundled up in thick sweaters

e.g. no object : I bundled up in my parka.

sell (items of hardware and software) as a package.

〘コンピュ〙 【コンピュータなどに】〈付属品･ソフト〉を無料で添付する, «…と» …を一括販売する «with, into»

2. with object and adverbial of direction informal push or carry forcibly:

e.g. he was bundled into a van.

send (someone) away hurriedly or unceremoniously:

〈人〉を追いやる, せきたてる(off)

e.g. the old man was bundled off into exile.

no object, with adverbial of direction (especially of a group of people) move clumsily or in a disorganized way:

«…へ» (束になって)急いで入る «into»

e.g. they bundled out into the corridor.

3. no object sleep fully clothed with another person, particularly during courtship, as a former local custom in New England and Wales:

e.g. he would dance at country frolics and bundle with the Yankee lasses.

informal, often ironic often with negative something extremely amusing or pleasant:

e.g. the last year hasn't been a bundle of fun.

a person who is extremely timid or tense.

informal a newborn baby.

Middle English: perhaps originally from Old English byndelle‘a binding’, reinforced by Low German and Dutch bundel (to which byndelle is related).