transitive. To make, form, gather, or cast into a heap; to pile up, amass, accumulate; to pile one thing upon another so as to form a heap. Often…

transitive. To accumulate (wealth or other advantageous resources) for oneself. Also intransitive.

transitive. To heap up in a mass, to pile up (literal and figurative); to amass, collect, or accrue (esp. wealth or possessions).

transitive. To heap or pile up, accumulate: said with reference to both material and immaterial objects; also to form by accumulation. Obsolete.

transitive. To form into a pile or heap; to heap up. Also in extended use. Usually with up, on.

To collect or acquire by way of increase; to gain. †to gather ground: to gain ground, make progress. to gather head: to acquire strength; also, to…