'Cluster' definitions:
Definition of 'cluster'
(from WordNet)
noun
A grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: bunch, clump, cluster, clustering]
verb
Come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" [syn: cluster, constellate, flock, clump]
verb
Definition of 'Cluster'
From: GCIDE
- Cluster \Clus"ter\ (kl[u^]s"t[~e]r), n. [AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.)]
- 1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. [1913 Webster]
- Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. [1913 Webster]
- As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cluster'
From: GCIDE
- Cluster \Clus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering.] To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters. [1913 Webster]
- His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- The princes of the country clustering together. --Foxe. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cluster'
From: GCIDE
- Cluster \Clus"ter\, v. t. To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. [1913 Webster]
- Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cluster'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumulate,
- adhere,
- agglomerate,
- agglomeration,
- aggregate,
- aggroup,
- amass,
- army,
- array,
- assemblage,
- assemble,
- assembly,
- associate,
- band,
- batch,
- bevy,
- block,
- body,
- breccia,
- bring together,
- bulk,
- bunch,
- bunch together,
- bunch up,
- bundle,
- cake,
- clabber,
- clasp,
- cleave,
- clinch,
- cling,
- cling to,
- clot,
- clump,
- clutch,
- coagulate,
- cohere,
- cohue,
- collect,
- collection,
- colligate,
- collocate,
- combine,
- come together,
- company,
- compare,
- compile,
- concrete,
- concretion,
- congeal,
- conglomerate,
- conglomeration,
- congregate,
- congregation,
- converge,
- copse,
- copulate,
- corral,
- couple,
- covey,
- crew,
- crop,
- crowd,
- crush,
- cumulate,
- curd,
- curdle,
- date,
- deluge,
- dig up,
- draw together,
- dredge up,
- drive together,
- embrace,
- flock,
- flock together,
- flood,
- flow together,
- forgather,
- freeze to,
- fuse,
- galaxy,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather around,
- gather in,
- gather together,
- gathering,
- gel,
- gelatinate,
- gelatinize,
- get in,
- get together,
- grasp,
- group,
- grouping,
- groupment,
- grove,
- grow together,
- hang on,
- hang together,
- hassock,
- heap,
- herd together,
- hive,
- hold,
- hold on,
- hold together,
- horde,
- host,
- huddle,
- hug,
- incrassate,
- inspissate,
- jam,
- jell,
- jellify,
- jelly,
- join,
- juxtapose,
- knot,
- league,
- legion,
- link,
- lopper,
- lot,
- lump,
- lump together,
- make up,
- mass,
- match,
- meet,
- merge,
- mess,
- mill,
- mob,
- mobilize,
- multitude,
- muster,
- node,
- package,
- pair,
- panoply,
- parcel,
- partner,
- party,
- persist,
- press,
- put together,
- rabble,
- raise,
- rake up,
- rally,
- rally around,
- rendezvous,
- round up,
- rout,
- ruck,
- scrape together,
- seethe,
- set,
- shock,
- slew,
- solid,
- solid body,
- solidify,
- spate,
- stay,
- stay put,
- stick,
- stick together,
- stook,
- stream,
- surge,
- swarm,
- take hold of,
- take up,
- thick,
- thicken,
- thicket,
- throng,
- tuft,
- tussock,
- unite,
- whip in,
- wisp