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Synonyms
clus·ter (klŭśtər)

[Middle English, from Old English clyster.]

noun 

  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.

verb: -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. 

intransitive verb 

To gather or grow into bunches.

transitive verb 

To cause to grow or form into bunches.