# bunch

Pronunciation: say "BUNCH" US /bʌnt͡ʃ/, UK /bʌntʃ/

## Noun

1. A large number or amount of people or things; a lot. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A lot of people or things, or a lot of something.
   - _A bunch of us are heading to the beach tomorrow._
   - _She asked a bunch of questions during the meeting._
2. A group of similar things growing together or held together in a cluster.
   - Simple: A group of similar things that grow together or are held together.
   - _He handed her a bunch of fresh flowers at the door._
   - _The florist arranged several bunches into a single tall display._
3. An informal group of people, especially friends, coworkers, or others who spend time together. *(informal)*
   - Simple: A group of people, often friends, who spend time together.
   - _The old bunch from college still gets together every summer._
   - _My new coworkers are a friendly bunch, and they made me feel welcome right away._
5. The main group of riders that forms during a bicycle race.
   - Simple: The main group of riders during a bike race.
   - _The sprinter stayed hidden in the bunch until the final stretch._
   - _A crash near the front split the bunch into two groups._

## Verb

4. To gather things or people closely together into a group or cluster, or to come together in this way.
   - Simple: To put things close together in a group, or to move close together in a group.
   - _When the wind picked up, the hikers began to bunch together behind the guide to stay warm._
   - _Workers bunch the cut stems before packing them into boxes._
6. Of fabric or similar material, to gather or be gathered into a mass of folds.
   - Simple: When cloth is pulled or pushed together so it makes many folds.
   - _The fabric bunched where the seam was sewn too tight._
   - _Cheap shirts often bunch under the arms after one wash._
7. To stick out or swell into a rounded lump or bulge.
   - Simple: To stick out or swell up.
   - _His shoulders bunched with effort as he hauled the load._
   - _The muscles in his forearms bunch every time he grips the oars._

## Noun

8. A raised lump, knob, or swelling on a surface. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A raised lump, knob, or bump on a surface.
9. A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass, sixty of which made up one way or web. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An old unit for measuring glass. Sixty of them made one larger unit called a way.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A group of logs fastened together to be dragged from a felling site.
- (noun) A cigar in its unfinished state, before the outer wrapper leaf is applied.
- (noun) An unusual concentration of ore, or a small isolated patch of ore within the surrounding rock.
- (noun) The reserve yarn on a filling bobbin that keeps weaving going until a fresh bobbin replaces the old one.

## Origin

From Middle English bunche or bonche ("hump, swelling"), of uncertain origin. It may be a variant of a word from Proto-Germanic *bunkō ("heap, crowd"), or perhaps from a form of "bump," or from dialectal Old French bonge ("bundle").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bunch (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).