bunch

a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"

an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"

any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"

form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"

gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"