Bunch (?), n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. Bunk.]
1.
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels.
Isa. xxx. 6.
2.
A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.
3. Mining
A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.
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Bunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. [Buncheder> (); p. pr. & vb.n. [Bunchinger>.]
To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.
Woodward.
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Bunch, v. t.
To form into a bunch or bunches.
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