bunch

²bunch

verb

Definition of BUNCH

intransitive verb

1

: swell, protrude

2

: to form a group or cluster —often used with up

transitive verb

: to form into a bunch

Examples of BUNCH

1. The child's tights bunched at the ankles.
2. <the dress bunches a bit at the waist>

First Known Use of BUNCH

14th century

Related to BUNCH

Synonyms: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bulge, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Related Words: dome; blow up, inflate; dilate, distend, expand; mushroom, snowball; elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms: compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

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