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   gather

   /ˈɡaðə/

   verb

   • 1. come together; assemble or accumulate: "as soon as a crowd gathered, the police came" Similar congregateconveneassemblemeetcollectcome/get togethermusterrallyconvergecluster togethercrowdmassflock togetherrare:foregatherOpposite scatter
   • 2. bring together and take in from scattered places or sources: "information that we have gathered about people" Similar collectget togetherput togetheraccumulateamassassemblegarnerstorestockpileheap uppile upstack uphoardput byput awaylay bylay inset asideinformal:stash awaysquirrel away
   • ▪ pick something up: "I gathered up the prescription and went to the door"
   • ▪ harvest grain or other crops: "the harvest of wheat and barley had been gathered in" Similar collectget togetherput togetheraccumulateamassassemblegarnerstorestockpileheap uppile upstack uphoardput byput awaylay bylay inset asideinformal:stash awaysquirrel away
   • ▪ collect plants, fruits, etc., for food: "the Bushmen live by hunting and gathering" Similar harvestcollectreappickpluckgarnercropglean
   • ▪ pull (someone) into one's arms: "she gathered the child in her arms" Similar claspclutchtakepullembraceenfoldholdhugcuddlesqueezeliterary:embosomarchaic:strain
   • 3. increase in (speed, force, etc.): "the destroyer gathered speed"
   • 4. infer; understand: "I gathered that they were old friends" Similar understandbe given to understandbelievebe led to believethinkconcludecome to the conclusiondeduceinferdraw the inferenceassumesurmisefancytake ithearhear tellbe informednoticeseelearndiscover
   • 5. summon up (a mental or physical attribute) for a purpose: "she lay gathering her thoughts together" Similar summonsummon upcall togetherbring togetherassembleconvenerallyround upcollectmustermarshalorganizeformal:convokeOpposite disperse
   • ▪ gain or recover (one's breath): "she paused to gather her breath and leaned against the wall puffing"
   • 6. draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it: "the front is gathered at the waist" Similar pleatshirrpuckertuckfoldcorrugaterufflecrimpcreasescrunch up

   noun

   • 1. a part of a garment that is gathered.

   Word Origin Old Englishgaderian, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaderen, also to together.

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   The meaning of GATHER is to bring together : collect. How to use gather in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gather.

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   16 meanings: 1. to assemble or cause to assemble 2. to collect or be collected gradually; muster 3. to learn from information.... Click for more definitions.

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   Gather is a verb with many related meanings, most involving drawing together or assembling something. You may gather your socks into the laundry bag, or you may gather your thoughts by making a list.

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   What does gathering mean?

   • (gæðər ) If people gather somewhere, or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group. In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked. If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them. I suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night.

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   What does gather up mean?

   • [VERB noun] When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something. You must gather your strength for the journey. [VERB noun] Gather up means the same as gather. She was gathering up her courage to approach him when he called to her. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

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   What does gather mean?

   • gather, collect, assemble, congregate mean to come or bring together into a group, mass, or unit. gather is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered state. collect often implies careful selection or orderly arrangement.

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   What does gathered mean?

   • (gæðəʳ ) If people gather somewhere or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group. In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked. [VERB preposition/adverb] The man signalled for me to gather the children together. [VERB noun with together]

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   How do you use gatherer in a sentence?

   • The huge creatures seem to have gathered in a quiet patch of ocean where few predators would threaten their young. But dark clouds were gathering. We’re going to the shore some day to gather shells. ● transitive verb: [flowers, fruit] cueillir; (= pick up) ramasser; [information, data] recueillir; (= assemble) [people] rassembler [...]

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   What does the term 'hunter-gatherer' mean?

   • A hunter-gatherer is a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods. This term is not related to the meaning of 'gather' as an area where fabric is folded or bunched together with thread or yarn, or to 'intensive gathering' as the practice of cultivating wild plants as a step toward domestication.

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   gather (something) ‘There's been a delay.’ ‘I gathered that.’ ‘She won't be coming.’ ‘ So I gather.’ You're self-employed, I gather. As far as I can gather, he got involved in a fight. From what I can gather, there's been some kind of problem. increase [transitive] gather something to increase in speed, force, etc. The truck ...

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   gather in American English. (ˈgæðər ) verb transitive. 1. to cause to come together in one place or group. 2. to get or collect gradually from various places, sources, etc.; amass; accumulate. to gather information. 3.

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