gather
verbEtymology
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”).
Definitions
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 bring parts of a whole closer.
- She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
To infer or conclude
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 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 gain; to win.
- He gathers ground upon her in the chase.
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it
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.
The neighborhood
- synonymadd up
- synonymaccumulate
- synonymbegather
- synonymassemble
- synonymtogetherize
- synonymround up
Derived
a closed mouth gathers no feet, begather, be gathered to one's fathers, chip and gather, chip-and-gather, forgather, gatherable, gather dust, gatherer, gathering board, gathering coal, gathering hoop, gather oneself, gather oneself together, gather one's thoughts, gather one's wits, gather pace, gather rosebuds, gather speed, gather steam, gather strength, gather up, gather way, gather wool, hunter-gather, hunter-gathering, ingather, light-gathering power, misgather, omnium-gatherum, regather, together, upgather, wool-gather, woolgather, wool-gathering, gathering iron
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at gather. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at gather. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at gather
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