bunch up
Form a clump
To bunch up is to gather into a cluster or compressed mass.
Fabric bunches up when it wrinkles and folds together: My socks keep bunching up in my shoes.
People bunch up when they crowd together: The runners bunched up at the starting line.
Traffic bunches up when vehicles slow and cluster.
cluster
Large public gathering
- throngDense pressing crowd
- huddleClose protective gathering
- congregateGather as a group
- gatherBring or come together
crowd
Large public gathering
- throngDense pressing crowd
- huddleClose protective gathering
- congregateGather as a group
gather · swarm · flock · herd · clump · mass · converge · pack · mob · press
wrinkle
Surface fold or crease
crumple · gather · fold · ruffle · ruck up · shirr · pleat · tuck · ridge · corrugate
squeeze
Firm bilateral compression
constrict · tighten · scrunch · ball up · wad · crunch · crush · press · squish · draw in
material/fabric state
bunch upsmooth out
Eliminate irregularities
flatten · straighten out · lay flat · straighten · unwrinkle