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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Bunch

/(bŭnch; 224)/ · IPA /bʌnt͡ʃ/
01 n. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
  1. 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. 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. 3.
    A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.(Mining)
02 v. i. To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
imp. & p. p. Bunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunching
  1. 1.
    To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
    “Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.” — Woodward.
03 v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches.
  1. 1.
    To form into a bunch or bunches.