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