BUNCH

bunch, lot, caboodle

(noun) any collection in its entirety; “she bought the whole caboodle”

bunch, clump, cluster, clustering

(noun) a grouping of a number of similar things; “a bunch of trees”; “a cluster of admirers”

crowd, crew, gang, bunch

(noun) an informal body of friends; “he still hangs out with the same crowd”

bunch, bundle, cluster, clump

(verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster; “She bunched her fingers into a fist”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bunch (plural bunches)

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

(cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.

An informal body of friends.

(US, informal) A considerable amount.

(informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.

(forestry) A group of logs tied together for skidding.

(geology, mining) An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.

(textiles) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.

An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

Synonyms

• (group of similar things): cluster, group

• (informal body of friends): pack, group, gang, circle

• (unusual concentration of ore): ore pocket, pocket, pocket of ore, kidney, nest, nest of ore, ore bunch, bunch of ore

Verb

bunch (third-person singular simple present bunches, present participle bunching, simple past and past participle bunched)

(transitive) To gather into a bunch.

(transitive) To gather fabric into folds.

(intransitive) To form a bunch.

(intransitive) To be gathered together in folds

(intransitive) To protrude or swell

Synonyms

• (form a bunch): cluster, group

Proper noun

Bunch (plural Bunches)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bunch is the 1629^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 22117 individuals. Bunch is most common among White (78.72%) and Black/African American (15.48%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Bunch, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. Page.

Bunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Buncheder (p. pr. & vb.n. Bunchinger.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: To form into a bunch or bunches.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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