Cluster
Cluster (klus"tẽr) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon cluster, clyster; compare LG. kluster (also Swedish & Danish klase a cluster of grapes, Dutch 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.
2.
A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.
Cluster of provinces.
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.
We loved him; but, like beasts
And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters,
Who did hoot him out o' the city.
Cluster , intransitive verb
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.
The princes of the country clustering together.
Cluster , transitive verb
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.
Or from the forest falls the clustered snow.
Collocations (1)
Clustered column (Architecture) , a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.