bunching
Forming tight groups
Bunching is gathering or clustering together.
Traffic bunches when vehicles that should be evenly spaced end up traveling in groups.
Buses bunch when one falls behind schedule and the next catches up, creating gaps in service.
Fabric bunches when it gathers in unwanted folds: Her skirt kept bunching at the waist.
In agriculture, bunching refers to harvesting crops in bundles.
Forming into lumps
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
massing · gathering · crowding · huddling · clustering · concentration · conglomeration · collection
Grouping items as one
- tyingForming a knot
- bindingLegally or morally required
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- collectingGathering items over time
gathering · reaping · gleaning · baling · shocking · stoking · trussing
Collection of people meeting
- shirringGathered fabric technique
- ruchingPleated fabric trimming
- pleatingCreating uniform fabric folds
- puckeringContracting into small folds
tucking · ruffling · creasing · folding · crimping · draping · smocking · cinching
Involuntary muscle contraction
- contractingReducing in volume
- knottingForming fixed interlacements
- tensingMaking or becoming taut
- tighteningMaking less loose
seizing · spasming · clenching · flexing · stiffening · charley horse · cramp
clumping
Forming into lumps
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- accumulationCollected mass over time
congregation · massing · gathering · crowding · huddling · clustering · concentration · conglomeration · collection · assemblage
bundling
Grouping items as one
collecting · gathering · reaping · gleaning · baling · shocking · stoking · trussing
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- shirringGathered fabric technique
- ruchingPleated fabric trimming
- pleatingCreating uniform fabric folds
puckering · tucking · ruffling · creasing · folding · crimping · draping · smocking · cinching · scrunching
cramping
Involuntary muscle contraction
- contractingReducing in volume
- knottingForming fixed interlacements
- tensingMaking or becoming taut
tightening · seizing · spasming · clenching · flexing · stiffening · charley horse · cramp
- clothing fit issuestight pants, baggy jeans, riding up, puckering, riding down
- clothing flawshole, rip, tear, stain, wrinkle
- Cigarscigar box, cigar bands, cigar bar, torpedo, corona
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- craft flawscracks, tears, holes, stains, gaps
- fabric flawssnag, tear, hole, pilling, fray
bunchingscattering
Distribution in many directions
dispersing · spreading · separating · diffusing · distributing
bunchingevening out
Making uniform or balanced
spacing · unbunching · smoothing · flattening · arranging
bunchingspacing
Interval arrangement between objects
spacing out · staggering · regularizing · evening out · spreading out