From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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His sunny hair
Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. --Tennyson.
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The princes of the country clustering together. --Foxe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cluster \Clus"ter\, v. t.
To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch
or close body.
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Not less the bee would range her cells, . . .
The foxglove cluster dappled bells. --Tennyson.
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Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. --Thomson.
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Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or
appears to be composed, of several columns collected
together.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes,
Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.
--Spenser.
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2. A number of similar things collected together or lying
contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of
provinces." --Motley.
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3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in
one place; a crowd; a mob.
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As bees . . .
Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
In clusters. --Milton.
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We loved him; but, like beasts
And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters,
Who did hoot him out o' the city. --Shak.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
cluster
<file system> 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)