Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bundle sb off
Participle: bundled sb off
Gerund: bundling sb off
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bundle sb off |
| you | bundle sb off |
| he;she;it | bundles sb off |
| we | bundle sb off |
| you | bundle sb off |
| they | bundle sb off |
Perfect
| I | have bundled sb off |
| you | have bundled sb off |
| he;she;it | has bundled sb off |
| we | have bundled sb off |
| you | have bundled sb off |
| they | have bundled sb off |
Past
| I | bundled sb off |
| you | bundled sb off |
| he;she;it | bundled sb off |
| we | bundled sb off |
| you | bundled sb off |
| they | bundled sb off |
Pluperfect
| I | had bundled sb off |
| you | had bundled sb off |
| he;she;it | had bundled sb off |
| we | had bundled sb off |
| you | had bundled sb off |
| they | had bundled sb off |
Future
| I | will bundle sb off |
| you | will bundle sb off |
| he;she;it | will bundle sb off |
| we | will bundle sb off |
| you | will bundle sb off |
| they | will bundle sb off |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bundled sb off |
| you | will have bundled sb off |
| he;she;it | will have bundled sb off |
| we | will have bundled sb off |
| you | will have bundled sb off |
| they | will have bundled sb off |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bundle sb off |
| you | bundle sb off |
| he;she;it | bundle sb off |
| we | bundle sb off |
| you | bundle sb off |
| they | bundle sb off |
Perfect
| I | have bundled sb off |
| you | have bundled sb off |
| he;she;it | have bundled sb off |
| we | have bundled sb off |
| you | have bundled sb off |
| they | have bundled sb off |
Imperfect
| I | bundled sb off |
| you | bundled sb off |
| he;she;it | bundled sb off |
| we | bundled sb off |
| you | bundled sb off |
| they | bundled sb off |
Pluperfect
| I | had bundled sb off |
| you | had bundled sb off |
| he;she;it | had bundled sb off |
| we | had bundled sb off |
| you | had bundled sb off |
| they | had bundled sb off |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bundle sb off |
| you | would bundle sb off |
| he;she;it | would bundle sb off |
| we | would bundle sb off |
| you | would bundle sb off |
| they | would bundle sb off |
Perfect
| I | would have bundled sb off |
| you | would have bundled sb off |
| he;she;it | would have bundled sb off |
| we | would have bundled sb off |
| you | would have bundled sb off |
| they | would have bundled sb off |
Imperative
| you | bundle sb off |
| we | Let's bundle sb off |
| you | bundle sb off |
Verbs conjugated like 'bundle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bundle'
buddle,
bungle,
bangle,
bingle,
brandle,
bridle,
bubble,
buckle,
budge,
buffle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. c.1331, from M.Du. bondel dim. of bond, from binden "bind," or perhaps a merger of this word and O.E. byndele "binding," from P.Gmc. base *bundilin, from PIE base *bhendh- "tie." The verb meaning "to wrap up in warm heavy clothes" is from 1893. Bundling (1781) "sharing a bed for the night, fully dressed, wrapped up with someone of the opposite sex" was a former local custom in Wales and New England.
2. From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.
Sample Sentences
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They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. [1835, Theodore Hook, Gilbert Gurney:]
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At the other end, Essien thought he had bundled the ball over the line in between Bolton's final two substitutions but the flag had already gone up. [2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:]
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Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity. [1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 7”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:]
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Why, I didn't know that she meant that, until the Captain gave me an explanation, because I was dull of comprehension ; for he bundled me out of the house. [1859, Terence, Comedies of Terence:]
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Van Corlear […][stopped] occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. [1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], →OCLC:]
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They were on the couch for nearly an hour, then in the shower for she didn't know how long — until the hot water started to fail and drove them out, anyway. Then she took him into her bed, where she lay too exhausted and too content to do anything but bundle. [1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:]