"bunching" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bunchings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bunching (countable and uncountable, plural bunchings)
  1. (countable) An arrangement of items in a bunch. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-bunching-en-noun-3eLXiqda
  2. An occurrence of things in a bunch. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bunching-en-noun-sulpeTud
  3. (uncountable) The illegitimate supplying of laboratory animals that are actually kidnapped pets or illegally trapped strays. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-bunching-en-noun-daZ0IF10 Disambiguation of Crime: 10 15 46 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Japanese bunching onion Related terms: buncher

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bunching
  1. present participle and gerund of bunch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bunch
    Sense id: en-bunching-en-verb--eb58dAQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 24 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 8 24 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 8 20 62

Inflected forms

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