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# bunch

«bunch» in Mova's school dictionary: **a group of things held together, like a bunch of bananas…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bunch, bunches); verb (bunch, bunches, bunched, bunching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bunch is a group of things held together, like a bunch of bananas, grapes, keys or flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#m1)

2) A bunch (informal) is a group of people or a lot of something: «a bunch of friends». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#m2)

3) To bunch up is to come close together in a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a group that holds many things; things per bunch; phrases «a bunch of», «bunch up», «the best of the bunch»

### examples

- A bunch has 6 bananas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x1)
- She bought 3 bunches of grapes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x2)
- Each bunch of flowers has 12 roses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x3)
- A bunch costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x4)
- He carried a bunch of keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x5)
- They're a friendly bunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x6)
- I have a whole bunch of homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x7)
- The runners bunched up at the corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x8)
- She picked a bunch of daisies for her mom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x9)
- This apple is the best of the bunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x10)
- Here and there over the rolling green were tall bunches of coarse gray weeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/#x11)

### note

A group: total = bunches × things in each. Trap: «a bunch of» alone gives no exact number. Plural «bunches» with -es.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bunch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.