“bunch” – English explanatory dictionary

noun 1. a group of things taken together ○ He carries a bunch of keys attached to his belt. ○ He brought her a bunch of flowers. ○ I work with a nice bunch of people. 2. several small fruits on the same stem ○ a bunch of grapes ○ a bunch of bananas □ the pick of the bunch the best out of the group 3. a group of people taken together ○ They’re a nice bunch of people. ○ Bunches of people were waiting on street corners. ○ A bunch of racing cyclists came round the corner. (NOTE: The plural is bunches.) ■ verb to form a group ○ There were three candidates with excellent results, with the rest bunched together at the 50% mark.

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. Page.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunching.] To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. “Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.
Woodward.”

v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches.