Definition of bunches Bunches

/bʌˈnʧʌz/ - [bunchuz] - bunch•es

We found 5 definitions of bunches from 2 different sources.

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Noun Plural: bunches
bunch - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
		clump, cluster, clustering
		agglomeration the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
		knot a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
		swad a bunch; "a thick swad of plants"
		tussock, tuft a bunch of feathers or hair
bunch - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
		lot, caboodle
bunch - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
		crowd, crew, gang
		assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place
Verb bunches, bunching, bunched
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
bunch - form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"
		bunch together, bunch up
		cluster, flock, constellate, clump come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"

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bunch (Noun)
A group of a number of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump. Usually fastened together.
bunch (Noun)
The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
bunch (Noun)
An informal body of friends.
bunch (Noun)
A considerable amount.
bunch (Noun)
An unmentioned amount; a number.
bunch (Noun)
A group of logs tied together for skidding.
bunch (Noun)
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.
bunch (Noun)
Tobacco An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
bunch (Verb)
To gather into a bunch.
bunch (Verb)
To gather fabric into folds.
bunch (Verb)
To form a bunch.
bunch (Verb)
To be gathered together in folds.
bunch (Verb)
To protrude or swell.

bunch (n.)
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
bunch (n.)
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.
bunch (n.)
A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.
bunch (v. i.)
To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
bunch (v. t.)
To form into a bunch or bunches.

bunch
A group of things fastened or growing together.
bunch
A number of things taken collectively; any collection in its entirety.

bunch
bunsh, n. a number of things tied together or growing together: a definite quantity fastened together, as of linen yarn (180,000 yards), &c.: a cluster: something in the form of a tuft or knot.—v.i. to swell out in a bunch.—v.t. to make a bunch of, to concentrate.—adjs. Bunch′-backed (Shak.), having a bunch on the back, crook-backed; Bunched, humped, protuberant.—ns. Bunch′-grass, a name applied to several West American grasses, growing in clumps; Bunch′iness, the quality of being bunchy: state of growing in bunches.—adj. Bunch′y, growing in bunches or like a bunch, bulging.—Bunch of fives, the fist with the five fingers clenched. [Ety. obscure.]