6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunch \Bunch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bunched}; p. pr & vb n.
{Bunching}.]
To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant
or round.
Bunching out into a large round knob at one end
--Woodward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunch \Bunch\, v. t.
To form into a bunch or bunches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunch \Bunch\, n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki
heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf W. pwng cluster.
Cf {Bunk}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bunch
n 1: a thick grouping of similar things "a bunch of trees"; "a
cluster of admirers" [syn: {clump}, {cluster}]
2: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the
same crowd" [syn: {crowd}, {crew}, {gang}]
3: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole
caboodle" [syn: {lot}, {caboodle}]
v 1: form into a bunch; "The frighened children bunched together
in the corner of the classroom" [syn: {bunch together},
{bunch up}]
2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her
fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the
registration desk" [syn: {bunch up}, {bundle}, {cluster},
{clump}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bunch, OK
Zip code(s): 74931
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bunch
(1.) A bundle of twigs (Ex. 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of
raisins (2 Sam. 16:1). (3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isa. 30:6).
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