bunch

bunch  (bnch)

n.

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.

v. bunched, bunch·ing, bunch·es

v.tr.

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.

v.intr.

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.

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[Middle English bonche, probably from Flemish bondje, diminutive of bont, bundle, from Middle Dutch; see bundle.]

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bunchi·ness n.

bunchy adj.

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bunch

Noun

1. a number of things growing, fastened, or grouped together: a bunch of grapes, a bunch of keys

2. a collection; group: a bunch of queries

3. a group or company: a bunch of cowards

Verb

to group or be grouped into a bunch [origin unknown]

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Bunch a cluster or tuft, properly of things of one type growing or fastened together; a group of things or animals of the same type gathered close together. See also bundle, nosegay.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bunch - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" clump, cluster, clustering agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass knot - a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest" swad - a bunch; "a thick swad of plants" tuft, tussock - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
	2.	bunch - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" crowd, gang, crew assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
	3.	bunch - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" caboodle, lot aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Verb	1.	bunch - form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" bunch together, bunch up cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
	2.	bunch - gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads" agglomerate - form into one cluster

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bunch

noun 1. (Informal) group, band, crowd, party, team, troop, gathering, crew (informal) gang, knot, mob, flock, swarm, multitude, posse (informal) bevy

noun 2. bouquet, spray, sheaf

noun 3. cluster, clump

bunch together or up group, crowd, mass, collect, assemble, cluster, flock, herd, huddle, congregate

Translations

bunch [bʌntʃ] n [of flowers] → ramo; [of keys] → manojo; [of bananas] → piña; [of people] → grupo;

(pej) → pandilla

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bunch [bʌntʃ] n [of flowers] → bouquet m [of keys]; trousseau m [of bananas]; régime m [of people]; groupe m;

bunches npl (in hair) → couettes fpl;

bunch of grapes → grappe f de raisin

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bunch [bʌntʃ] n → Strauß m;

(of keys) → Bund m;

(of bananas) → Büschel nt;

(of people) → Haufen m;

bunches npl (in hair) → Zöpfe pl;

bunch of grapes → Weintraube f

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bunch [bʌntʃ] n [of flowers, keys] → mazzo; [of bananas] → ciuffo; [of people] → gruppo;

bunch of grapes → grappolo d'uva