cluster Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a grouping of a number of similar things
clustering; clump; bunch.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
verb come together as in a cluster or flock
flock; clump; constellate.
- The poets constellate in this town every summer
verb gather or cause to gather into a cluster
bunch up; clump; bundle; bunch.
- She bunched her fingers into a fist

AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.)

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. Spenser.
A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." Motley.
A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. Milton.

We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak.

imperfect & past participle Clustered ; present participle & verbal noun Clustering

To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson.

The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe.

To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells. Tennyson.

Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. Thomson.