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to bundle up

to bundle up

4 3.0
Tie or wrap things together to make one package
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈbʌndəl ʌp/
translation icon : atarlos
  • I'm going to bundle up in layers to keep warm.
  • bundle your baby up
  • let's bundle up
  • just bundle up

Your computer breaks it down into bite size chunks and it sends it off bundled up like it's like putting it in an envelope.

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Examples

  • She looked around, then bent down and bundled up her sticks, scrambling back toward the tipi she came from.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • But it's going to allow us to create a bundle that then we can bundle up and tie to get ready for hanging.

  • Dry it in the sun and bundle it up neatly.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I bundled her up and tore down the back roads to the hospital emergency room in Hudson.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • She had left him a goodbye note and a package of old magazines bundled up inside a box.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Then she bundled up the construction paper, glue, and homemade birthday cards stacked beneath the portfolio.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • A few warmly bundled-up people waited at the bus stop across the street, although buses were quite unlikely to run in the snowstorm.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Doing this way, I have learned my lesson and bundled up this stack of keys with some painters tape just to make sure that they aren't sliding around.

  • Alobar knew he must get out of there, but first he bundled up as much fragrance equipment as he could carry and left a note in Kudra's shoe telling her to look for him in the beet fields of Bohemia.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Before going outside in the cold, make sure to bundle up in warm clothing to stay comfortable.

Synonyms

to wrap
vsto bundle up
729 1.0

To cover something by putting material around it

involves covering a single item rather than collecting multiple items together
to tie up
vsto bundle up
74 2.2

Fasten something with rope so it cannot move

focuses on grouping several items together rather than securing one object
to bundle
vsto bundle up
50 2.9

To tie things together

is the same action but expressed as a two word phrasal action
to wrap up
vsto bundle up
22 3.6

Cover something completely with paper, cloth or another material to protect it

is about gathering and tying items together rather than only covering
to entwine
vsto bundle up
21 5.4

To twist things together, often like plants or rope

joins by twisting rather than by wrapping or tying items together
to knit
vsto bundle up
10 3.6

To make people feel close and united

is more physical tying together rather than figurative uniting
to fagot
vsto bundle up
  • Archaic
9.9

To tie sticks or metal rods together into a bundle

is used for tying various items rather than only sticks
to parcel up
vsto bundle up
3.4

To wrap things together to send or store

emphasizes preparing items for shipment rather than simple grouping

Antonyms

to unbundle
  • Specialized
2 4.6

To separate products or services sold together so each can be sold separately

How Tight

to secure
347 3.3
to strap
52 2.9
to bundle up
4 3.0
to tie
923 1.0

Surface Forms

bundle up infinitive
bundled up past
bundled up past participle
bundling up present participle
bundles up third person singular

Morphology

bundle + up

The base verb 'bundle' already means to tie or gather items into one package, and the particle 'up' here contributes a completive/put-together sense rather than changing the meaning unpredictably. This verb+particle composition is a common, transparent pattern in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE means to tie or wrap items into a bundle.

Etymology

Bundle up comes from the simple act of tying things together into a bundle, like newspapers tied with string. That's why 'bundle up' means 'to tie or wrap several things together'.