[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.
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Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.
--Woodward.
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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.
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They will carry . . . their treasures upon the
bunches of camels. --Isa. xxx. 6.
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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.
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3. (Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished
from a continuous vein. --Page.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunch \Bunch\, v. t.
To form into a bunch or bunches.
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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]