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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cluster \Clus"ter\ (kl[u^]s"t[~e]r), noun [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.
Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. --Spenser.
2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. ''Cluster of provinces.'' --Motley.
3. 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cluster \Clus"ter\, verb (used without an object) [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.
His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. --Tennyson.
The princes of the country clustering together. --Foxe.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cluster \Clus"ter\, verb (used with an object) 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.
{Clustered column} (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cluster
noun: a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: {bunch}, {clump}, {clustering}]
verb
1: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" [syn: {constellate}, {flock}, {clump}]
2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the registration desk" [syn: {bunch}, {bunch up}, {bundle}, {clump}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
187 Moby Thesaurus words for "cluster": 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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
cluster An elementary unit of allocation of a disk made up of one or more physical {blocks}. A {file} is made up of a whole number of possibly non-contiguous clusters. The cluster size is a tradeoff between space efficiency (the bigger is the cluster, the bigger is on the average the wasted space at the end of each file) and the length of the {FAT}. (1996-11-04)
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