bunch (noun)
1bunch — ► NOUN 1) a number of things growing or fastened together. 2) informal a group of people. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. a lot. ► VERB ▪ collect or form into a bunch. ● bunch of fives Cf. ↑bunch of fives …
2bunch — /bʌntʃ / (say bunch) noun 1. a connected group; cluster: a bunch of bananas. 2. any group of people: a bunch of spectators. 3. World War I Colloquial a group of soldiers forming a unit. 4. any collection of things: a bunch of forms. 5. a knob;… …
3bunch´er — bunch «buhnch», noun, verb. –n. 1. a group of things of the same kind growing fastened, placed, or thought of together: »a bunch of grapes, a bunch of flowers, a bunch of sheep. SYNONYM(S): batch, cluster. See syn. under bundle. (Cf. ↑bundle) 2.… …
4bunch — noun 1 things fastened/growing together ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large ▪ small PREPOSITION ▪ in a/the bunch …
5bunch grass — noun any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States • Syn: ↑bunchgrass • Hypernyms: ↑grass * * * any of various grasses in different regions of North America,… …
6bunch — as a collective noun in abstract senses (a bunch of people / a bunch of questions) varies widely in its degree of informality from simple metaphor (A bunch of weary runners crossed the line at last) to near slang, often affected by the word it… …
7bunch´i|ness — bunch|y «BUHN chee», adjective, bunch|i|er, bunch|i|est. 1. having bunches or clusters. 2. growing in bunches. 3. bulging or protuberant. – …
8bunch´i|ly — bunch|y «BUHN chee», adjective, bunch|i|er, bunch|i|est. 1. having bunches or clusters. 2. growing in bunches. 3. bulging or protuberant. – …
9bunch|y — «BUHN chee», adjective, bunch|i|er, bunch|i|est. 1. having bunches or clusters. 2. growing in bunches. 3. bulging or protuberant. – …
10bunch — early 14c., protuberance on the body, swelling, perhaps echoic of the sound of hitting and connected to bump (Cf. , possibly, hump/hunch). As a verb meaning to bulge out, from late 14c. The noun sense of cluster is mid 15c.; connection with the… …