bunch

[ buhnch ]

/ bʌntʃ /

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noun

a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.

a group of things: a bunch of papers.

Informal. a group of people: They're a fine bunch of students.

a knob; lump; protuberance.

verb (used with object)

to group together; make a bunch of.

verb (used without object)

to gather into a cluster; gather together.

(of fabric or clothing) to gather into folds (often followed by up).

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Origin of bunch

1275–1325; Middle English bunche; of uncertain origin

SYNONYMS FOR bunch

1, 2. lot, batch.

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Related formsun·bunched, adjective

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1, 2. See bundle.

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I have plucked a bunch of leaves in an unexpected swoop in-shore.
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A bunch of ferns which she had gathered had slipped from her lap to her feet.
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Behind him straggled a bunch of bony cattle and some horses, herded by a girl and a small boy.
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When I responded to a call before the curtain, she gravely handed me her bunch of roses.
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But they were not yet in my possession; moreover, the key of the handcuffs might not be amongst the bunch.
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British Dictionary definitions for bunch

bunch

/ (bʌntʃ) /

noun

a number of things growing, fastened, or grouped togethera bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys

a collection; groupa bunch of queries

informal a group or companya bunch of boys

archaic a protuberance

verb

(sometimes foll by up) to group or be grouped into a bunch

Word Origin for bunch

C14: of obscure origin

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Word Origin and History for bunch

bunch

early 14c., "protuberance on the body, swelling," perhaps echoic of the sound of hitting and connected to bump (cf., possibly in similar relationship, hump/hunch).

The sense of "cluster" is mid-15c.; connection with the earlier sense is obscure, and this may be a separate word, perhaps through a nasalized form of Old French bouge (2), 15c., from Flemish boudje diminutive of boud "bundle." Meaning "a lot, a group" is from 1620s.

bunch

"to bulge out," late 14c., from bunch (n.). Meaning "to gather up in a bunch" (transitive) is from 1828; sense of "to crowd together" (intransitive) is from 1873. Related: Bunched; bunching.

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verb (used without object)

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