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bunch

(bŭnch)

a. A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump: a bunch of grapes; grass growing in bunches.

b. A group of like items or individuals gathered or placed together: a bunch of keys on a ring; people standing around in bunches.

2. Informal A group of people usually having a common interest or association: My brother and his bunch are basketball fanatics.

3. Informal A considerable number or amount; a lot: a bunch of trouble; a whole bunch of food.

4. A small lump or swelling; a bump.

v. bunched, bunch·ing, bunch·es

v.tr.

1. To gather or form into a cluster: bunched my fingers into a fist.

2. To gather together into a group.

3. To gather (fabric) into folds.

v.intr.

1. To form a cluster or group: runners bunching up at the starting line.

2. To be gathered together in folds, as fabric.

3. To swell; protrude.

[Middle English bonche, probably from Flemish bondje, diminutive of bont, bundle, from Middle Dutch; see bundle.]

bunch′i·ness n.

bunch′y adj.

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bunchy

(ˈbʌntʃɪ)

adj, bunchier or bunchiest

1. composed of or resembling bunches

2. bulging

ˈbunchiness n

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bunch•y

(ˈbʌn tʃi)

adj. bunch•i•er, bunch•i•est.

1. having bunches.

2. bulging or protuberant.

[1350–1400]

bunch′i•ness, n.

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Adj.

bunchy - occurring close together in bunches or clusters

concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"

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