bunch
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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to gather into a cluster; gather together.
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(of fabric or clothing) to gather into folds (often followed byup ).
noun
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a number of things growing, fastened, or grouped together
a bunch of grapes
a bunch of keys
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a collection; group
a bunch of queries
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informal a group or company
a bunch of boys
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archaic a protuberance
verb
Usage
What is a basic definition of bunch? A bunch is a group of things. Bunch can also specifically mean a group that is connected together. Used informally, a bunch is a group of people. As a verb, bunch means to gather into a group.A bunch is a collection or group of items gathered into one place. If you have a bunch of papers on your desk, for example, you have many papers on your desk.
- Used in a sentence: Angela was happy to see that there were a bunch of presents under the Christmas tree.
- Real-life examples: You might eat from a bunch of grapes and be left with just the stem. A maintenance person usually carries a bunch of keys on a ring.
- Used in a sentence: I bought a small bunch of bananas.
- Used in a sentence: A bunch of kids ran past us to watch the clown perform magic tricks.
- Used in a sentence: I bunched all of the wrapping paper into a ball and threw it in the trash.
Related Words
See bundle.
Other Word Forms
- unbunched adjective
Etymology
Origin of bunch
1275–1325; Middle English bunche; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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One of the great things about “Train Dreams” is I’ve done about 50 Q&As so far — I haven’t counted them up, but around that, and we’ll do a bunch more.
From Los Angeles Times
“I would worry about something like that, and I’d worry about a bunch of these theories that she has getting wider credence in society,” Lurie said.
From Salon
“I’ve shared a bunch of laughs with this person where our exchanges could be very cordial, and now I feel way more at ease going to them with a question.”
But he said spending was bunched in the last few weeks before Christmas, which was probably due to people waiting to see what was announced in the Budget.
From BBC
But those scenarios can be “decomposed into a bunch of other smaller scenarios” that can be addressed through reasoning, he said.
From MarketWatch
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