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clus·ter  (klstr)

n.

1. A group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely together; a bunch: "She held out her hand, a small tight cluster of fingers" (Anne Tyler).

2. Linguistics Two or more successive consonants in a word, as cl and st in the word cluster.

3. A group of academic courses in a related area.

v. clus·tered, clus·ter·ing, clus·ters

v.intr.

To gather or grow into bunches.

v.tr.

To cause to grow or form into bunches.

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[Middle English, from Old English clyster.]

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cluster

Noun

1. a number of things growing, fastened, or occurring close together

2. a number of people or things grouped together

Verb

to gather or be gathered in clusters [Old English clyster]

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Cluster a number of like things growing together; a number of similar things collected together; a rounded mass; a clot or clutter; a body of people collected together; a crowd; group. See also bunch, crowd.

Examples: cluster of apples, 1400; of bees, 1609; of blood, 1548; of churches; of churls, 1486; of curls, 1798; of crystals; of eggs, 1555; of rich parasitic fancies, 1856; of feelings, 1855; of grapes, 1486; of houses; of icebergs, 1860; of ideas, 1768; of islands, 1697; of jewels, 1712; of knots, 1486; of civil law, 1607; of memories, 1884; of nuts, 1483; of pines, 1797; of spiders; of stars, 1854; of towers, 1400; of woes, 1742.

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1. Fireworks signal in which a group of stars burns at the same time.
2. Group of bombs released together. A cluster usually consists of fragmentation or incendiary bombs.
3. Two or more parachutes for dropping light or heavy loads.
4. In land mine warfare, a component of a pattern-laid minefield. It may be antitank, antipersonnel or mixed. It consists of one to five mines and no more than one antitank mine.
5. Two or more engines coupled together so as to function as one power unit.
6. In naval mine warfare, a number of mines laid in close proximity to each other as a pattern or coherent unit. They may be of mixed types.
7. In minehunting, designates a group of mine-like contacts.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cluster - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" bunch, clump, clustering agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass knot - a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest" swad - a bunch; "a thick swad of plants" tuft, tussock - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
Verb	1.	cluster - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" clump, constellate, flock huddle, huddle together - crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" bunch, bunch together, bunch up - form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
	2.	cluster - gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" bunch, bunch up, bundle, clump form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads" agglomerate - form into one cluster

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cluster

noun 1. gathering, group, collection, bunch, knot, clump, assemblage

verb 2. gather, group, collect, bunch, assemble, flock, huddle

Translations

cluster [ˈklʌstəʳ] n → grupo;

(BOT) → racimo

vi → agruparse, apiñarse

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cluster [ˈklʌstəʳ] n → (petit) groupe;

(of flowers) → grappe f

vi → se rassembler

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cluster [ˈklʌstəʳ] n → Gruppe f

vi (people) → sich scharen;

(houses) → sich drängen

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cluster [ˈklʌstəʳ] n → gruppo

vi → raggrupparsi

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cluster

n cluster [ˈklastə]

a closely-packed group (of people or things) a cluster of berries; They stood in a cluster. hoop, groepie عُنْقود، مَجْموعَه чепка chomáč, hromada; shluk klynge; gruppe die Traube ορμαθός, τσαμπί grupo, racimo kobar دسته؛ کپه rykelmä groupe אֶשכּוֹל, קְבוּצָה गुच्छा skupina, grupa csoport; fürt kelompok þyrping; klasi gruppo; grappolo ふさ, 群れ 무리; 송이 grupė, kekė, kuokštas ķekars; (ļaužu) pulciņš rumpun groep, tros klase, klynge grupa, kępa, kiść conjunto mănunchi; grup гроздь; группа chumáč, zhluk grozd; skupina skupina klunga, klase, samling กลุ่ม (สิ่งของหรือคน) salkım 一組(群) гроно; скупчення گروہ đám; cụm 一组（群）

v

(often withround) to group together in clusters They clustered round the door. in trosse groei, swerm, bondel تَعَنْقَدَ، تَجَمَّعَ групирам seskupit se stimle sammen; samle sig sich sammeln μαζεύομαι, συνωθούμαι agruparse kobarasse kogunema دسته کردن kerääntyä se grouper (autour de) לְהִתקַבֵּץ भीड़ लगाना, एक साथ भारी संख्या में एक स्थान पर होना biti na hrpi, skupiti se csoportosul mengelompok þyrpast raggrupparsi 群れる (...의 둘레에) 몰리다 burtis, spiestis pulcēties berumpun (zich) groeperen flokke seg rundt, vokse i klaser gromadzić się agrupar-se a se strânge (în jurul) толпиться nakopiť sa zbrati se skupljati se skocka sig, bilda klunga ทำให้อยู่รวมเป็นกลุ่ม yığılmak, bir araya toplanmak 群集 товпитися; рости гронами جمع ہونا tụ họp lại 群集