Complement and Bunch

noun

• A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
• A complete number or quantity.
  • usage: "a full complement"
• Number needed to make up a whole force.
  • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • synonyms: full complement
• Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
  • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • synonyms: accompaniment
• One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
• Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

• Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
  • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

• (v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
• (v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
• (v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• (v.t.) To compliment.
• (v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• (v.t.) A compliment.
• (v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• (v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• (v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• (v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

noun

• A grouping of a number of similar things.
  • usage: "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
  • synonyms: clump, cluster, clustering
• An informal body of friends.
  • usage: "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
  • synonyms: crowd, crew, gang
• Any collection in its entirety.
  • usage: "she bought the whole caboodle"
  • synonyms: lot, caboodle

verb

• Form into a bunch.
  • usage: "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"
  • synonyms: bunch together, bunch up
• Gather or cause to gather into a cluster.
  • usage: "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
  • synonyms: bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump

• (n.) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.
• (n.) A collection, cluster or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.
• (v.i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
• (v.t.) To form into a bunch or bunches.
• (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.