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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



... are shining, Each little sleepy-head Is lying in a funny bunch Within the little bed. Their eyes are so wide open, They stay awake so long, They're calling me to tell to them A story or a song. So up the stairs again I come, The magic willow bringing, And wave it here and wave it there, While o'er and o'er ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 - No 1, Nov 1877 • Various
... the best," replied Dell, undaunted. "I've heard they bring a better price. I'll own the only red steer in the bunch." ...
— Wells Brothers • Andy Adams
... on the jailer's bunch opened the other door of this cell, and that door led to the inner courtyard of the prison. This courtyard was closed by three massive doors, all of which led to a sort of lobby, opening upon the porter's lodge, which in turn adjoined the law-courts. From this ...
— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere
... kitchen table, with one arm flung across it, and her body bowed with grief. At her feet lay a trodden bunch of the monkey flowers: and at the tap-tap of his wooden leg on the threshold she sprang up and faced ...
— The Westcotes • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... the red buds and made a little bunch of them. She filled her cup with water and put the buds in it; then she put ...
— Clematis • Bertha B. Cobb


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