"bunch" meaning in English

See bunch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʌntʃ/ [UK], /bʌnt͡ʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-bunch.ogg [US] Forms: bunch [singular], bunches [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|bunch|bunches}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you have a bunch of something, you have many of them.
    Sense id: simple-bunch-en-noun-PhgrGbeA
  2. A bunch can also mean a group or cluster.
    Sense id: simple-bunch-en-noun-CIgX39L9

Verb

IPA: /bʌntʃ/ [UK], /bʌnt͡ʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-bunch.ogg [US] Forms: bunch [canonical], bunches [third-person, singular], bunched [past], bunched [past, participle], bunching [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|bunch|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To bunch things is to gather or collect them into a group.
    Sense id: simple-bunch-en-verb-XJyRH0L~
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        {
          "text": "We had to try a bunch of times before we could start the car."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Grapes come in bunches."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bunch can also mean a group or cluster."
      ],
      "id": "simple-bunch-en-noun-CIgX39L9"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/bʌntʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʌnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bunch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bunch"
}

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        "canonical"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bunched",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bunched",
      "tags": [
        "past",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "participle"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Help me bunch these flowers together so I can make a bouquet."
        }
      ],
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        "To bunch things is to gather or collect them into a group."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/bʌntʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/bʌnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bunch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bunch"
}
{
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We had to try a bunch of times before we could start the car."
        }
      ],
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        "If you have a bunch of something, you have many of them."
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Grapes come in bunches."
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/bʌnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bunch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bunch"
}

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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bunched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bunched",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bunching",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Help me bunch these flowers together so I can make a bouquet."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʌntʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʌnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bunch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bunch"
}

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