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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a grouping of a number of similar things;
- Example: "a bunch of trees"
- Example: "a cluster of admirers"
[syn: bunch, clump, cluster, clustering]

2. an informal body of friends;
- Example: "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
[syn: crowd, crew, gang, bunch]

3. any collection in its entirety;
- Example: "she bought the whole caboodle"
[syn: bunch, lot, caboodle]


VERB (2)

1. form into a bunch;
- Example: "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"
[syn: bunch together, bunch, bunch up]

2. gather or cause to gather into a cluster;
- Example: "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
[syn: bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bunch \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. [1913 Webster] Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bunch \Bunch\ (b[u^]nch; 224), 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. [1913 Webster] They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels. --Isa. xxx. 6. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. --Page. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bunch \Bunch\, v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bunch n 1: a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: bunch, clump, cluster, clustering] 2: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" [syn: crowd, crew, gang, bunch] 3: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" [syn: bunch, lot, caboodle] v 1: form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" [syn: bunch together, bunch, bunch up] 2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" [syn: bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump]