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English Dictionary: bunch by the DICT Development Group
6 results for bunch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bunch
n
  1. a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
    Synonym(s): bunch, clump, cluster, clustering
  2. an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
    Synonym(s): crowd, crew, gang, bunch
  3. any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
    Synonym(s): bunch, lot, caboodle
v
  1. form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"
    Synonym(s): bunch together, bunch, bunch up
  2. gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
    Synonym(s): bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bunch \Bunch\, 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.
  
                     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) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished
            from a continuous vein. --Page.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
               Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.
                                                                              --Woodward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bunch \Bunch\, v. t.
      To form into a bunch or bunches.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bunch, OK
      Zip code(s): 74931

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bunch
      (1.) A bundle of twigs (Ex. 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of
      raisins (2 Sam. 16:1). (3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isa. 30:6).
     
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