bunch
A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually…A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
» A bunch of people died in the explosion.
Ein Haufen Leute starb bei der Explosion.
Множество людей погибли во время взрыва.
Багато людей загинуло від вибуху.
Багато людей загинуло під час вибуху.
Meaning
11 senses(collective)A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
a bunch of grapes
a bunch of bananas
Bund, Strauß, Traube
пучо́кpučók, буке́тbukét, свя́зкаsvjázka
жмутžmut, в'я́зкаvʺjázka, гру́паhrúpa
a grouping of a number of similar things
(collective)The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
(collective)An informal body of friends.
He still hangs out with the same bunch.
компа́нияkompánija
компа́ніяkompánija, гуртhurt
an informal body of friends
(US, informal)A considerable amount.
a bunch of trouble
ку́чаkúča, мно́гоmnógo
(informal)An unmentioned amount; a number.
A bunch of them went down to the field.
A group of logs tied together for skidding.
An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch.
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
(obsolete)A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass, 60 of which constitute a way or web.
Examples
405 sentencesA bunch of people died in the explosion.
Багато людей загинуло від вибуху.
ruМножество людей погибли во время взрыва.
deEin Haufen Leute starb bei der Explosion.
A bunch of people told me not to eat there.
Багато хто казав мені там не їсти.
ruНемало людей говорили мне не есть там.
Tom found a bunch of money.
ruТом нашёл кучу денег.
I had a bunch of drinks.
Tom found a whole bunch of money.
ruТом нашёл целую кучу денег.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin.From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin.
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Forms
plural: bunchesSynonyms
19 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- a bunch of
- with a bunch
- bunch of flowers
- what a bunch
- bunch of people
- are a bunch