All ingathering antonyms
in·gath·er·ing
I i noun ingathering
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
verb ingathering
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- allot — If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- dissipate — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- deal — If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
- distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- sow — to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.