Gather meanings. All definitions of Gather

verb without object gather to come together around a central point; assemble: Let's gather round the fire and sing. 1

verb without object gather to collect or accumulate: Clouds were gathering in the northeast. 1

verb without object gather to grow, as by accretion; increase. 1

verb without object gather to become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth. 1

verb without object gather to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating. 1

noun gather a drawing together; contraction. 1

noun gather Often, gathers. a fold or pucker, as in gathered cloth. 1

noun gather an act or instance of gathering. 1

noun gather an amount or number gathered, as during a harvest. 1

noun gather Glassmaking. a mass of molten glass attached to the end of a punty. 1

idioms gather be gathered to one's fathers, to die. 1

transitive verb gather collect 1

transitive verb gather accumulate 1

transitive verb gather information: collate 1

transitive verb gather fruit, flowers: pick 1

transitive verb gather crops: harvest 1

transitive verb gather understand 1

intransitive verb gather assemble 1

transitive verb gather embrace 1

transitive verb gather fabric: pull together 1

noun gather Come together ; assemble or accumulate. 1

verb with object gather to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops. 1

verb with object gather to bring together or assemble from various places, sources, or people; collect gradually: The college is gathering a faculty from all over the country. 1

verb with object gather to serve as a center of attention for; attract: A good football game always gathers a crowd. 1

verb with object gather to pick or harvest (any crop or natural yield) from its place of growth or formation: to gather fruit; to gather flowers. 1

verb with object gather to pick up piece by piece: Gather your toys from the floor. 1

verb with object gather to pick or scoop up: She gathered the crying child in her arms. 1

verb with object gather to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.). 1

verb with object gather to accumulate; increase: The storm gathers force. The car gathered speed. 1

verb with object gather to take by selection from among other things; sort out; cull. 1

verb with object gather to assemble or collect (one's energies or oneself) as for an effort (often followed by up): He gathered up his strength for the hard job. 1

verb with object gather to learn or conclude from observation; infer; deduce: I gather that he is the real leader. 1

verb with object gather to wrap or draw around or close: He gathered his scarf around his neck. 1

verb with object gather to contract (the brow) into wrinkles. 1

verb with object gather to draw (cloth) up on a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches. 1

verb with object gather Bookbinding. to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding. 1

verb with object gather Nautical. to gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed. 1

verb with object gather Metalworking. to increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations. 1

verb with object gather Glassmaking. to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc. 1

noun gather A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. 0

noun gather The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward. 0

noun gather The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb). 0

noun gather (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe. 0

verb gather To collect; normally separate things. 0

verb gather To bring parts of a whole closer. 0

verb gather To infer or conclude; to know from a different source. 0

verb gather (Intransitive Verb) (medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus. 0

verb gather (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool. 0

verb gather To gain; to win. 0

verb gather If people gather somewhere or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group. 0

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