cluster

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to come together as in a cluster or flock

   The fans clustered together in their opponent's stadium.

2. 2
   noun

   A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.

   a cluster of islands

3. 3
   noun

   A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.

   VVe lou'd him, / But like Beaſts / And Covvardly Nobles, / Gaue vvay vnto your Cluſters, vvho did hoote / Him out o' th' Citty.

4. 4
   verb

   To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).

   The consciousness of such an action will give her features a nobler life on this illustrious day, than all the jewels that can hang in her hair or can be clustered in her bosom.

5. 5
   verb

   To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.

   The sea is clustered with islands.

6. 6
   verb

   To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.

   The children clustered around the puppy.

7. 7
   noun

   a grouping of a number of similar things

8. 8
   verb

   to gather or cause to gather into a cluster

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English cluster (“bunch, cluster, spray; compact body or mass, ball”) [and other forms], from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klas-, *klus- (“to clump, lump together”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; to clench; to amass”)) + *-þrą (suffix forming nouns denoting an instrument or tool). The English word is probably a doublet of clot. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Dutch klister (“cluster”) (dialectal) * Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”) * Low German Kluuster (“cluster”)…