gatheredadj.
/ˈɡaðəd/ 1.
a. Collected, brought together; culled, picked.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering, collecting, or coming together > gathered together
gathereda1425
congregate1432
collect?a1475
congested1578
mustered1596
congregateda1616
collected1670
massed1837
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lvii. 13 Whanne thou schalt crie thi gederid tresours delyuere thee.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxviii. 51 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 79 Captyues store thou hast led up with thee Whose gathered spoiles to men thou wilt impart.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xiv. 753 The gathered grapes must bee left in the grounde at the least for a day or two.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 21 About his lips, the gather'd foam he churns.
1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. v. 5 All dug stones are better..than the gather'd ones.
1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxxiii. 54 The jackal's troop, in gathered cry, Bayed from afar complainingly.
1871 C. E. Mudie Stray Leaves (1872) 12 How can I, Lord, withhold Life's brightest hour From Thee; or gathered gold.
b. Of a single flower: Culled, plucked.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [adjective] > of a flower: gathered
gathered1594
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 113 Then fresh teares Stood on her cheeks, as doth the honie dew, Vpon a gathred Lillie almost withered. View more context for this quotation
2. Contracted, drawn together (esp. of dress).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > gathered
gathered1601
shirred1860
smocked1890
the world > life > the body > hair > eyebrow > [adjective]
beetle-browed1362
bresedc1400
well-browed1483
supercilious1656
white-browed1740
plucked1762
supraciliary1821
gathered1823
palpebrous1846
palpebral1854
surciliary1874
thatched1889
bushy-browed1912
unplucked1959
monobrowed1973
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > contracted or relaxed
frounceless?a1366
brentc1400
brant1483
unbent1594
contracted1603
knotted1632
exporrect1649
exporrected1650
brow-bent1796
knitting1816
gathered1823
knitted1855
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > gathered
drawn1736
gathered1882
bunched up, out1883
gauged1896
shirry1904
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 18 One thousand Irishmen, all naked saue their mantels and their thicke gathered shirts.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 175 The men weare a long coate to the knee, and upon it a long gowne with gathered sleeves.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. ii. 27 Louis..sent from under his gathered and gloomy eyebrows, a keen look on all around.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 219/1 The gathered portion of material.
1894 Daily News 16 June 6/3 A white cloth skirt is made with a gathered vest to match.
3. Affected with a ‘gathering’ or purulent sore.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > affected with
gathered1894
1894 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Jan. 79/3 In his opinion the boy's debilitated condition through a gathered finger had contributed to his death.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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