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assortment, mass: A bunch of people stood outside the
courtroom, awaiting news of the verdict.
--v. 3 sort, class, classify, categorize, assort, group
together, bracket: It would be a mistake to bunch all different
kinds of liberals into the same category. 4 bunch up. gather;
smock; collect, crowd, group, cluster: The fabric is all
bunched up at the bottom. Don't let the people bunch up in front
of the exits.
bundle n. 1 bunch, collection, package, parcel, packet, pack; bale,
sheaf; Archaic fardel: I have to leave this bundle at the
laundry today. Bring this bundle of hay for the horse.
--v. 2 gather (together), tie up (together), collect, pack,
package: He bundled up all his belongings. 3 bundle off or
out. dispatch or despatch, pack off, hustle or hurry off or
away, send away or off; decamp, scurry off or away, Colloq Brit
do a moonlight flit: We bundled Aunt Mary off home as soon as
the storm subsided. That couple have bundled out of room 429.
bungle v. spoil, botch, mismanage, stumble, bumble, Golf foozle,
Colloq foul or screw or louse up, blow, mess or muck up, make a
mess or hash or muddle of, muff, Slang Brit bugger, US snafu,
Taboo fuck up: Smith has bungled the job again; we'll have to
replace him.
buoy n. 1 (navigational or channel) mark or marker, float; nun
(-buoy), can (-buoy), bell (buoy), gong (-buoy), siren, signal,
mooring-buoy, spar-buoy, lollipop: Returning to port, always
leave the red buoys to starboard.
--v. 2 Often, buoy up. lift, raise, elevate, support, hearten,
sustain, keep up: We sang songs to buoy up our spirits while
the rescuers dug their way towards us.
buoyant adj. 1 afloat, floating, floatable: The wood was water-logged
and no longer buoyant. 2 light, resilient, lively, vivacious,
bright, cheerful, carefree, blithe, animated, jaunty, bouncy,
ebullient, light-hearted , Colloq peppy: One had to admire his
buoyant optimism, even under adverse conditions.
burden n. 1 load, weight, gravamen; strain, pressure, trouble, onus,