v. Present participle of cluster.n. The action of the verb to cluster.n. A grouping of a number of similar things.n. The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.n. The undesirable, contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.n. A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.