Definition

Verb: 1. To dress in warm clothing: To put on multiple layers of warm clothes, typically to go outside in cold weather. 2. To wrap or tie items together into a bundle: To gather several items and secure them together into a compact package or parcel.

Examples of Usage

• To dress warmly:
  • Remember to bundle up; it's freezing outside.
  • She bundled the children up in coats and scarves before they went out to play in the snow.
• To make into a bundle:
  • He bundled up his old newspapers for recycling.
  • After the laundry was dry, she bundled it up and put it away.

Advanced Usage

• Reflexive Usage: The verb is often used reflexively when referring to dressing warmly.
  • You should bundle yourself up before you leave.
• Figurative Use: Can be used to describe gathering abstract things together.
  • The new software bundles up several useful tools into one simple application.

Variants and Related Words

• Bundle (noun/verb): The core word. As a noun, it means a collection of things tied together. As a verb, it means to tie or wrap together.
  • She carried a bundle of firewood.
  • They bundle the internet service with cable TV.

Synonyms

• Wrap up: To dress warmly or to cover something completely.
• Bulk up: To add layers of clothing (informal, for dressing).
• Package: To put into a parcel.
• Tie up: To fasten together with string or rope.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Bundle off: To send someone away quickly or unceremoniously.
  • They bundled the kids off to bed.
• Bundle into: To push or put someone or something into a place quickly and without ceremony.
  • We were bundled into a taxi and rushed to the airport.

Related Idioms

• Bundle of nerves: Someone who is extremely nervous or anxious.
  • Before the speech, he was a bundle of nerves.

Verb

1. dress warmly
   • Mother bundled up the children for the long way to school
2. make into a bundle
   • he bundled up his few possessions