gather
to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
to bring together or assemble from various places, sources, or people; collect gradually: The college is gathering a faculty from all over the country.
to serve as a center of attention for; attract: A good football game always gathers a crowd.
to pick or harvest (any crop or natural yield) from its place of growth or formation:to gather fruit; to gather flowers.
to pick up piece by piece: Gather your toys from the floor.
to pick or scoop up: She gathered the crying child in her arms.
to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.).
to accumulate; increase: The storm gathers force.The car gathered speed.
to take by selection from among other things; sort out; cull.
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.
to wrap or draw around or close: He gathered his scarf around his neck.
to contract (the brow) into wrinkles.
to draw (cloth) up on a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches.
Bookbinding. to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding.
Nautical. to gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed.
Metalworking. to increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations.
Glassmaking. to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc.
to come together around a central point; assemble: Let's gather round the fire and sing.
to collect or accumulate: Clouds were gathering in the northeast.
to grow, as by accretion; increase.
to become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth.
to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating.
a drawing together; contraction.
Often gathers. a fold or pucker, as in gathered cloth.
an act or instance of gathering.
an amount or number gathered, as during a harvest.
Glassmaking. a mass of molten glass attached to the end of a punty.
Idioms about gather
be gathered to one's fathers, to die.
Origin of gather
1synonym study For gather
Other words for gather
1, 2 | accumulate, amass, garner, hoard |
4 | pluck, crop, reap, glean, garner |
11 | assume, understand |
20 | accrete |
Opposites for gather
Other words from gather
- gath·er·a·ble, adjective
- gath·er·er, noun
- pre·gath·er, verb (used without object)
- re·gath·er, verb
- un·gath·ered, adjective
- well-gath·ered, adjective
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How to use gather in a sentence
While companies like Branch and gather look like video games with a productivity element, Nooks skips the avatar feel altogether, looking closer to Teamflow or Tandem.
Nooks set to seed its own in the world of virtual HQs | Natasha Mascarenhas | July 14, 2021 | TechCrunchLess gathers on the side where the nanowires touch the larger electrode.
Will bacterial ‘wires’ one day power your phone? | Alison Pearce Stevens | September 2, 2020 | Science News For StudentsI have never been to the Matzo Ball, but I gather the vibes are different.
The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for Shots | Emily Shire | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCabinet ministers of the day gather to review the names and the allegations.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd who else would let them gather dust in some drawer for nearly 50 years?
Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, and Others Crowdsource A Dylan Album | Malcolm Jones | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The land involved is sacred to them and used to gather acorns for religious ceremonies.
They gather and sleep in open fields, surrounded by nature and the stillness of the night.
She would sometimes gather them passionately to her heart; she would sometimes forget them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinShe waited for the material pictures which she thought would gather and blaze before her imagination.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinI may be tempted to postpone my retirement, and for a while longer to continue to gather the golden harvest that ripens round me.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuDraw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the hours of discipline.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousShe saw two fiery eyes; she saw the tiger gather himself preparatory to springing.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson Lloyd
British Dictionary definitions for gather
/ (ˈɡæðə) /
to assemble or cause to assemble
to collect or be collected gradually; muster
(tr) to learn from information given; conclude or assume
(tr) to pick or harvest (flowers, fruit, etc)
(tr; foll by to or into) to clasp or embrace: the mother gathered the child into her arms
(tr) to bring close (to) or wrap (around): she gathered her shawl about her shoulders
to increase or cause to increase gradually, as in force, speed, intensity, etc
to contract (the brow) or (of the brow) to become contracted into wrinkles; knit
(tr) to assemble (sections of a book) in the correct sequence for binding
(tr) to collect by making a selection
(tr) to prepare or make ready: to gather one's wits
to draw (material) into a series of small tucks or folds by passing a thread through it and then pulling it tight
(intr) (of a boil or other sore) to come to a head; form pus
the act of gathering
the amount gathered
a small fold in material, as made by a tightly pulled stitch; tuck
printing an informal name for section (def. 17)
Origin of gather
1Derived forms of gather
- gatherable, adjective
- gatherer, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with gather
see rolling stone gathers no moss.
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