bunch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a grouping of a number of similar things
    clustering; cluster; clump.
    • a bunch of trees
    • a cluster of admirers
  2. noun an informal body of friends
    gang; crowd; crew.
    • he still hangs out with the same crowd
  3. noun any collection in its entirety
    caboodle; lot.
    • she bought the whole caboodle
  4. verb form into a bunch
    bunch up; bunch together.
    • The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom
  5. verb gather or cause to gather into a cluster
    cluster; bunch up; clump; bundle.
    • She bunched her fingers into a fist

WordNet

Bunch noun
Etymology
Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. Bunk.
Definitions
  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.
Bunch intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bunched; present participle & verbal noun Bunching
Definitions
  1. To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
    Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward.
Bunch transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To form into a bunch or bunches.

Webster 1913