cluster

«cluster» in Mova's school dictionary: a group of similar things close together, like a cluster… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a cluster, clusters); verb (cluster, clusters, clustered, clustering)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cluster is a group of similar things close together, like a cluster of grapes or stars. tree →

2) To cluster means to gather or stay close together in a group. tree →

3) (language) A consonant cluster is a group of consonant letters together in a word, like «str» in «string». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science (star clusters, flowers, cells); in maths and statistics, clusters on a graph or chart where many data points group together; in phonics lessons, consonant clusters; in everyday life, people cluster round something.

examples

• A cluster of grapes hung from the vine. tree →
• The Pleiades is a famous star cluster. tree →
• Children clustered around the teacher's desk. tree →
• The dots on the graph form a cluster. tree →
• «Spl» in «splash» is a consonant cluster. tree →
• Mushrooms grew in clusters on the log. tree →
• A FAMISHED FOX saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine. tree →

note

Countable. Past: clustered. In maths, a cluster on a chart means many values are close together.

In the corpora

• That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence. —
• My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.
• This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cluster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.