bunching

Definitions

The act or process of gathering things together into a cluster or group.

The formation of folds, wrinkles, or puckers in fabric or material.

In physics or engineering, the process of grouping particles or signals into concentrated pulses.

Examples

The fabric was bunching up at the waist, making the dress fit poorly.

Traffic started bunching near the construction site, causing a significant delay for commuters.

Synonyms

clustering grouping gathering crowding huddling collecting amassing

Antonyms

spreading scattering dispersing separating distributing diffusing strewing