to bunch together
5
3.1
- phrasal verb
- /bʌnʧ təˈɡɛðər/
:
agruparse
- Remember we had the little tanks and then we put a bunch of tanks together and came up with your favorite project for the quarter.
- tightly bunched together
- people bunching together
Put it there instead, move it around a bit, bunch them up together.
- Put it there instead, move it around a bit, bunch them up together.
Examples
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Coyomo was shouting at the men in his party, ordering them to bunch together and face the west, with the women behind them.
Fiction book (1995) -
Their attacks cause cattle to bunch together, lie down, or wade in water to protect their forelegs.
Academic text (2003) -
I'm getting a new bunch of boys together.
Fiction book (1990) -
So what they did was they stuck a bunch of cameras together into a very rigid structure.
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On both sides of the road, cattle bunched together at stock tanks, waiting their turn to drink.
Fiction book (1999) -
I hate the way they're all bunched together.
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Cattle bothered by flies bunch together and stop feeding.
Academic text (1994) -
Several of the fighters are bunched so closely together that they seem in danger of stepping on each other's heels.
Fiction book (2002) -
The cattle had scattered when the lions attacked, but soon the little herd had bunched together again, plowing through the long leaves of grass, leaving a clear trail.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the storm, the children bunched together for warmth under the blanket.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Bring people, things, or information together in one place
499
1.1
To bring things or people together in one place
278
2.3
To press things together so they take less space
175
1.6
To move many people or animals into a small space
169
3.2
To bring people, animals, or things together in one place
74
2.0
To move together in large numbers
70
1.9
Come together in a group near someone or something
50
2.9
To tie things together
41
3.5
To come together in a small group or make people do the same
38
1.2
To put people and things together by type or purpose
35
2.1
Move toward each other and meet, often touching or closing around something
34
4.8
To come together in a large group
30
1.2
To gather things or people into a group
15
7.4
Come together to form one group or whole
8
3.3
To gather closely into a tight group
7
4.4
To come together into a small, close group
5
7.8
To press people or things together into a small space
2
3.0
To stand or move closely in a group
2
3.0
People and animals come together in a group for safety or shared interest
2
3.0
To press things so they fit more tightly together
1
8.4
To join together to form a mass or cluster
To gather different things into one group
To bring people or things together into a group
To form into a round ball
To gather in large numbers around a person or place like a swarm
Antonyms
How Close
2
3.0
5
3.1
∞
1.0
110
2.7
24
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to form into a close group' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bunch' (to gather or cluster) with 'together' (in close proximity). This simple compositional verb+adverb pattern is common and predictable cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The verb bunch together comes from the image of a bunch of grapes or people standing very close as one group. Because bunch means a small group and together means close, the phrase means 'to form a close group'.