bunch

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a grouping of a number of similar things

- a bunch of trees

Similar word(s): clump, cluster, clustering

Definition categories: group, agglomeration

2. an informal body of friends

Similar word(s): crew, crowd, gang

Definition categories: group, assemblage, gathering

3. any collection in its entirety

Similar word(s): caboodle, lot

Definition categories: group, accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

Sentences with bunch as a noun:

- a bunch of grapes;  a bunch of bananas;  a bunch of keys;  a bunch of yobs on a street corner

- He still hangs out with the same bunch.

- a bunch of trouble

- A bunch of them went down to the field.

- Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch.

verb

1. form into a bunch

- The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom

Definition categories: motion, clump, cluster, constellate, flock

2. gather or cause to gather into a cluster

- She bunched her fingers into a fist

Similar word(s): bundle, clump, cluster

Definition categories: contact, form