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A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

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  1. n. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
  2. n. 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. n. A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.
  4. v. i. To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
  5. v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches.
  6. n. a grouping of a number of similar things
  7. n. an informal body of friends
  8. n. any collection in its entirety
  9. v. form into a bunch
  10. v. gather or cause to gather into a cluster
  11. 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. To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward. To form into a bunch or bunches.
  12. A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from acontinuous vein. Page.