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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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