gather
verb
- to collect things together
- to bring parts of a whole together
- to infer
- come together, meet
noun
- a sewing technique for shortening the length of a strip of fabric
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡæðə/ / /ˈɡaðə/ / /ˈɡæðɚ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).
- A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
- 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.
- A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
- A gathering.
“"I'll tell you all about it at the Gather, win or lose."”
“What bothered him more, he thought as he started Washoe southward, was Spikes's animosity, the bearded man's sudden violent reaction to his arrival at the gather.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).
- To collect normally separate things.
“I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.”
“She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.”
- To collect normally separate things.
“We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.”
- To collect normally separate things.
“Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.”
- To collect normally separate things.
“People gathered round as he began to tell his story.”
“Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, […]”
- To collect normally separate things.
“Their snow-ball did not gather as it went.”
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
“She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.”
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
“A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.”
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
“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 parts of a whole closer.
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
“to gather the slack of a rope”
- 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.”
- To be filled with pus
“Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.”
- To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
- To gain; to win.
“He gathers ground upon her in the chase.”