bunch

bunch

verb

Definition of BUNCH

1

to extend outward beyond a usual point <the dress bunches a bit at the waist>

Synonyms bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, 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

2

to gather into a closely packed group <the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up>

Synonyms bunch, cluster, crowd, huddle, pile

Related Words assemble, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, flock, forgather (or foregather), herd, swarm, throng; encircle, mob, surround; embrace, hug

Near Antonyms break up, disband, disperse, split (up)