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Bunch   /bəntʃ/   Listen
noun
Bunch  n.  
1.
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. "They will carry... their treasures upon the bunches of camels."
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.


verb
Bunch  v. t.  To form into a bunch or bunches.


Bunch  v. i.  (past & past part. bunched; pres. part. bunching)  To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. "Bunching out into a large round knob at one end."





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"Bunch" Quotes from Famous Books



... valise," said the detective. "I always carry a large bunch of keys with me, and shall probably find one that will ...
— The Erie Train Boy • Horatio Alger
... her face; Matilda could not tell what it was, only it did not look like displeasure. But she was graver than before, and she pressed the cordial no more; and at parting she told Matilda she must certainly come and see her again, and she should always have a bunch of flowers to pay her. So the girls went home, saying nothing at all to each ...
— What She Could • Susan Warner
... made them into a great bunch, while he sang vigorously, as unrestrained as a colt that has been turned into a meadow. On their left a vine-covered slope followed the river. Francois stopped motionless with astonishment: "Oh, look ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant
... tumble to their game. I've got the 'ole bang tribe o' cliners set! The 'ole world over they are all the same: Crook to the core the bunch of 'em—an' yet We could 'a' been that 'appy, 'er an' me... But, wot's it matter? Ain't I ...
— The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke • C. J. Dennis
... order Lt. Col. Jack F. Marr, a member of his staff, to study the Air Force's racial policy and practices. Testifying to Edwards's pragmatic approach, Marr later said of his own introduction to the subject: "There was no sociology involved. It was merely a routine staff action along with a bunch of other staff actions that ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.


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