gather
1gather — vb 1 Gather, collect, assemble, congregate mean to come or to bring together so as to form a group, a mass, or a unit. The same distinctions in applications and in implications characterize their derivative nouns gathering, collection, assemblage …
2Gather — Gath er (g[a^][th] [ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gathering}.] [OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate …
3gather — [gath′ər] vt. [ME gaderen < OE gad(e)rian, akin to OFris gaduria, Du gaderen < IE base * ghedh , to unite, join > (TO)GETHER, GOOD, Ger gatte, spouse] 1. to cause to come together in one place or group 2. to get or collect gradually from …
4Gather — Gath er, v. i. 1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate. [1913 Webster] When small humors gather to a gout. Pope. [1913 Webster] Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the …
5Gather — or gatherer can refer to:Anthropology and sociology*Hunter gatherer, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods *Bee (gathering), an old term which describes a group of people coming together for a task …
6gather — [v1] come or bring together accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, draw in, flock, forgather, gang up,… …
7gather — O.E. gadrian, gædrian unite, agree, assemble; gather, collect, store up, used of flowers, thoughts, persons; from P.Gmc. *gadurojan bring together, unite (Cf. O.E. gæd fellowship, companionship, gædeling companion; M.L.G. gadderen; O.Fris.… …
8gather — ► VERB 1) come or bring together; assemble or accumulate. 2) harvest (a crop). 3) collect plants, fruits, etc., for food. 4) draw together or towards oneself. 5) develop a higher degree of: the movement is gathering pace. 6) infer; understand. 7) …
9Gather — Gath er, n. 1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. [1913 Webster] 2. (Carriage Making) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) The soffit …
10gather — I (accumulate) verb accrue, aggregate, assume, batch, collect, compile, concentrate, congregate, conjoin, connect, convene, cull, deduce, deduct, extract, gain, garner, gather, harvest, hold, join, mass, obtain, pick, pluck, procure, read, reap,… …
