Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cluster"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cluster \Clus"ter\, v. t.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cluster \Clus"ter\, 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.

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a
god's. --Tennyson.

The princes of the country clustering together. --Foxe.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cluster
n : a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of
trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: {bunch}, {clump}, {clustering}]
v 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}]


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