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bunch

  [buhnch]
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–noun
1. a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
2. a group of things: a bunch of papers.
3. Informal. a group of people: They're a fine bunch of students.
4. a knob; lump; protuberance.
–verb (used with object)
5. to group together; make a bunch of.
–verb (used without object)
6. to gather into a cluster; gather together.
7. (of fabric or clothing) to gather into folds (often fol. by up).
Origin:
1275–1325; ME bunche; of uncert. orig.

Synonyms:
1, 2. lot, batch. See bundle.
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bunch   (bŭnch)   
n.  
    1. A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump: a bunch of grapes; grass growing in bunches.
    2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Bunch

Bunch\, n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. Bunk.]

1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels. --Isa. xxx. 6.

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. --Page.

Bunch

Bunch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunching.] To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. --Woodward.

Bunch

Bunch\, v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : bunch
Spanish: manojo, ramo, racimo,
German: das Bündel,
Japanese: ふさ
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bunch 
c.1325, "protuberance on the body, swelling," perhaps echoic of the sound of hitting; sense of "cluster" is c.1450; connection obscure; but perhaps through O.Fr. bouge, from Fl. boudje dim. of boud "bundle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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bunch

To combine a number of odd-lot orders into round-lot orders so as to avoid an odd-lot differential.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Bunch

(1.) A bundle of twigs (Ex. 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of raisins (2 Sam. 16:1). (3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isa. 30:6).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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