gathering

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A meeting or get-together

   A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

   • I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
2. 2

   A group of people or things.

   • a gathering of Catholics
3. 3

   A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

   • This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
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   1. 4

      A charitable contribution

      A charitable contribution; a collection.

   2. 5

      The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.

      The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.

      • The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns.
   3. 6

      A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated

      A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

   4. 7

      present participle and gerund of gather

   5. 8

      That gathers together.

      • She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.

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