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.
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» A bunch of people told me not to eat there.
Немало людей говорили мне не есть там. — sharptoothed
Багато хто казав мені там не їсти. — deniko
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Examples
386 sentencesA bunch of people told me not to eat there.
Багато хто казав мені там не їсти. — deniko
ruНемало людей говорили мне не есть там. — sharptoothed
A bunch of people died in the explosion.
Багато людей загинуло від вибуху. — deniko
ruМножество людей погибли во время взрыва. — sharptoothed
deEin Haufen Leute starb bei der Explosion. — Zaghawa
Tom found a bunch of money.
ruТом нашёл кучу денег. — marafon
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)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
More meanings 8
An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
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 group of logs tied together for skidding.
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.
(informal)An unmentioned amount; a number.
A bunch of them went down to the field.
(collective)The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
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.
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
5 patterns- a bunch of
- with a bunch
- bunch of flowers
- what a bunch
- bunch of people
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.