Sekirov Dictionary

gather

UK /ˈɡæðə/US /ˈɡæðɚ/

verb 14
noun 5
forms 6
phrases 5

verb14

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to collect things that are spread out and bring them to one place
- I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
- She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.
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Especially, to harvest food.
- We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
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To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
- Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
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To congregate, or assemble.
- People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
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To grow gradually larger by accretion.
- Their snow-ball did not gather as it went. — 1622
To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
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To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
- From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.
- I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.
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To bring parts of a whole closer.
- She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
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To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
- A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.
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To bring stitches closer together.
- Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.
- If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.
To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
To haul in; to take up.
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To be filled with pus
- Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.
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To gain; to win.
- He gathers ground upon her in the chase. — 1717

noun5

A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
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A gathering.
- "I'll tell you all about it at the Gather, win or lose." — 2007
A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather.

forms

gather'd · gathered · gathering · gathereth · gathers · gatherest

Phrases with gather

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