bunching

Pluralbunchings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of bunch. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.

   The fabric kept bunching up around her ankles.

   By midrace the runners were bunching near the inside lane.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A set of things placed close together in one cluster.

   Like a bouquet, where flowers are held close in one cluster.

   The bunching of grapes looked perfect on the fruit plate.

   She tied a small bunching of daisies with ribbon.

   Similarbundle, cluster

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   When things end up close together in time or place instead of spread out.

   Like cars all reaching a red light together instead of arriving spread out.

   There was heavy bunching at the gate when everyone left at once.

   Bunching on the trail made it hard for hikers to pass.

   Similarclustering, crowding, congestion, clumping

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The illegal trade of selling stolen pets or trapped strays to labs for animal testing.

   Like stealing someone's pet and selling it as if you had every right to.

   Police shut down a ring involved in bunching across three states.

   Pet owners feared their missing cats had been lost to bunching.

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