bunch

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

a bunch of grapes

a bunch of bananas

The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.

An informal body of friends.

He still hangs out with the same bunch.

“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"

A considerable amount.

a bunch of trouble

An unmentioned amount; a number.

A bunch of them went down to the field.

To gather into a bunch.

To gather fabric into folds.

To form a bunch.

"Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.

To be gathered together in folds

To protrude or swell

A very large ſparry Nodule externally of a brown Colour. It has ſomewhat of the reſemblance of a large Champignon before 'tis open'd, bunching out into a large round Knob at one end, the part proceeding from it being leſs, round, and not unlike a Stalk.

A surname.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Cherokee Rabbit Bunch.