bunch
bunch
(bŭnch) noun
1.
a. A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump: a bunch of grapes; grass growing in bunches. b. A group of like items or individuals gathered or placed together: a bunch of keys on a ring; people standing around in bunches.
2. Informal. A group of people usually having a common interest or association: My brother and his bunch are basketball fanatics.
3. Informal. A considerable number or amount; a lot: a bunch of trouble; a whole bunch of food.
4. A small lump or swelling; a bump.
verb
bunched, bunching, bunches
verb
, transitive
1.
To gather or form into a cluster: bunched my fingers into a fist.
2.
To gather together into a group.
3.
To gather (fabric) into folds.
verb
, intransitive
1.
To form a cluster or group: runners bunching up at the starting line.
2.
To be gathered together in folds, as fabric.
3.
To swell; protrude.
[Middle English bonche, probably from Flemish bondje diminutive of bont, bundle, from Middle Dutch. See
bundle.]
bunch
ʹiness noun
bunch
ʹy adjective