| NOUN | group | bunch, clump, cluster, clustering | a grouping of a number of similar things |
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| group | bunch, crowd, crew, gang | an informal body of friends | |
| group | bunch, lot, caboodle | any collection in its entirety | |
| VERB | motion | bunch, bunch together, bunch up | form into a bunch |
| contact | bunch, bundle, cluster, clump | gather or cause to gather into a cluster |
| Sounds | bah'nch | |
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| Rhymes | brunch ... scrunch: 10 rhymes with ahnch... | |
| Meaning | A grouping of a number of similar things. | |
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| Example | "a bunch of trees" | |
| Synonyms | clump, cluster, clustering | |
| Instances | Northern Cross | A cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus |
| Omega Centauri | A global cluster in the constellation Centaurus | |
| Pleiades | A star cluster in the constellation Taurus | |
| Narrower | knot | A tight cluster of people or things |
| swad | A bunch | |
| tuft, tussock | A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass | |
| Broader | agglomeration | A jumbled collection or mass |
| Spanish | amontonamiento, clúster, cúmulo, grupo, manojo, puñado, racimo | |
| Catalan | clúster, colla, grapat, grup, raïm | |
| Adjectives | bunchy | occurring close together in bunches or clusters |
| Verbs | bunch | gather or cause to gather into a cluster |
| bunch | form into a bunch | |
| Meaning | An informal body of friends. | |
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| Synonyms | crowd, crew, gang | |
| Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
| Spanish | basca, cuadrilla, grupo, hato, panda, pandilla | |
| Catalan | colla, penya, quadrilla, trepa | |
| Meaning | Any collection in its entirety. | |
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| Synonyms | lot, caboodle | |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| Spanish | conjunto, cuadrilla, montón, totalidad | |
| Catalan | totalitat | |
| Meaning | form into a bunch. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" | |
| Synonyms | bunch together, bunch up | |
| Broader | cluster, constellate, flock, clump | Come together as in a cluster or flock |
| Spanish | arracimarse | |
| Nouns | bunch | a grouping of a number of similar things |
| Meaning | Gather or cause to gather into a cluster. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "She bunched her fingers into a fist" | |
| Synonyms | bundle, cluster, clump | |
| Narrower | agglomerate | form into one cluster |
| Broader | form | assume a form or shape |
| Spanish | agrupar, empaquetar, envolver | |
| Catalan | agrupar, embolicar, empaquetar | |
| Nouns | bunch | a grouping of a number of similar things |
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