bunch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bunch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bunch
Participle: bunched
Gerund: bunching

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of bunch

Indicative

Present

Ibunch
youbunch
he;she;itbunches
webunch
youbunch
theybunch

Perfect

Ihave bunched
youhave bunched
he;she;ithas bunched
wehave bunched
youhave bunched
theyhave bunched

Past

Ibunched
youbunched
he;she;itbunched
webunched
youbunched
theybunched

Pluperfect

Ihad bunched
youhad bunched
he;she;ithad bunched
wehad bunched
youhad bunched
theyhad bunched

Future

Iwill bunch
youwill bunch
he;she;itwill bunch
wewill bunch
youwill bunch
theywill bunch

Future Perfect

Iwill have bunched
youwill have bunched
he;she;itwill have bunched
wewill have bunched
youwill have bunched
theywill have bunched

Subjunctive

Present

Ibunch
youbunch
he;she;itbunch
webunch
youbunch
theybunch

Perfect

Ihave bunched
youhave bunched
he;she;ithave bunched
wehave bunched
youhave bunched
theyhave bunched

Imperfect

Ibunched
youbunched
he;she;itbunched
webunched
youbunched
theybunched

Pluperfect

Ihad bunched
youhad bunched
he;she;ithad bunched
wehad bunched
youhad bunched
theyhad bunched

Conditional

Present

Iwould bunch
youwould bunch
he;she;itwould bunch
wewould bunch
youwould bunch
theywould bunch

Perfect

Iwould have bunched
youwould have bunched
he;she;itwould have bunched
wewould have bunched
youwould have bunched
theywould have bunched

Imperative

youbunch
weLet's bunch
youbunch

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bunching
youare bunching
he;she;itis bunching
weare bunching
youare bunching
theyare bunching

Perfect

Ihave been bunching
youhave been bunching
he;she;ithas been bunching
wehave been bunching
youhave been bunching
theyhave been bunching

Past

Iwas bunching
youwere bunching
he;she;itwas bunching
wewere bunching
youwere bunching
theywere bunching

Pluperfect

Ihad been bunching
youhad been bunching
he;she;ithad been bunching
wehad been bunching
youhad been bunching
theyhad been bunching

Future

Iwill be bunching
youwill be bunching
he;she;itwill be bunching
wewill be bunching
youwill be bunching
theywill be bunching

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bunching
youwill have been bunching
he;she;itwill have been bunching
wewill have been bunching
youwill have been bunching
theywill have been bunching

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bunching
youwould be bunching
he;she;itwould be bunching
wewould be bunching
youwould be bunching
theywould be bunching

Perfect

Iwould have been bunching
youwould have been bunching
he;she;itwould have been bunching
wewould have been bunching
youwould have been bunching
theywould have been bunching

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bunch'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bunch'

bench, brunch, bunco, gunch, hunch, lunch, munch, punch, runch, bach,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin.
2. Perhaps a variant of *bunge (compare dialectal bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkō, *bunkô, *bungǭ (“heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-, *bʰénǵʰus (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), Dutch bonk (“lump, bone”), Low German Bunk (“bone”), German Bunge (“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”), Faroese bunki (“heap, pile”); Hittite [Term?] (/⁠panku⁠/, “total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume, fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)).
3. Alternatively, perhaps from a variant or diminutive of bump (compare hump/hunch, lump/lunch, etc.); or from dialectal Old French bonge (“bundle”) (compare French bongeau, bonjeau, bonjot), from West Flemish bondje, diminutive of West Flemish bond (“bundle”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Bunke', Danish 'bunke'.

Sample Sentences

  • "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. [1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232:]
  • 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. [1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Classis V. Corpora Coralloidea, & hisce affinia.”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, part I (Of the Fossils that are Real and Natural: […]), page 144:]