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Definitions for: Bunch
[n] any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
[n] a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
[n] an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
[v] gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the registration desk"
[v] form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"
Webster (1913) Definition: Bunch, n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki
heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster.
Cf. Bunk.]
1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
They will carry . . . their treasures upon the
bunches of camels. --Isa. xxx. 6.
2. A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the
same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of
grapes; a bunch of keys.
3. (Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished
from a continuous vein. --Page.
Bunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bunching.]
To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant
or round.
Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.
--Woodward.
Bunch, v. t.
To form into a bunch or bunches.
Synonyms: bunch together, bunch up, bunch up, bundle, caboodle, clump, clump, cluster, cluster, clustering, crew, crowd, gang, lot
See Also: accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregation, assemblage, clump, cluster, collection, constellate, flock, form, gathering, knot, Northern Cross, Omega Centauri, Pleiades, swad, tuft, tussock
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