Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To gather into a bunch.

    bündeln, anordnen

    form into a bunch

  2. (transitive)To gather fabric into folds.

    gather or cause to gather into a cluster

  3. (intransitive)To form a bunch.

  4. (intransitive)To be gathered together in folds

  5. (intransitive)To protrude or swell

Examples

405 sentences

  1. 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

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  2. A 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

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  3. Tom found a bunch of money.

    ruТом нашёл кучу денег. — marafon

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  4. I had a bunch of drinks.

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  5. Tom found a whole bunch of money.

    ruТом нашёл целую кучу денег. — marafon

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to gather into a bunch:

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

bunches, bunching, bunched, bunched
Base formbunch · to bunch
3rd person singularbunches
Present participlebunching
Past simplebunched
Past participlebunched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybunch
he, she, itbunches

Past simpleLesson

all personsbunched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bunched
he, she, ithas bunched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bunch

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
form a bunch:groupB1cluster
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Derivedbuncherbunch inbunch togetherbunch upunbunch

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

6 patterns
  • a bunch of
  • with a bunch
  • bunch of flowers
  • what a bunch
  • bunch of people
  • are a bunch

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bumpkinbumpybunB2bundlebung

Dictionary 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.

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