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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gath•er /ˈgæðɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to bring or come together into one group, collection, or place;
collect; accumulate: [~ + object]to gather firewood.[no object]A crowd gathered. - Agriculture to pick or harvest from a place of growth:[~ + object]to gather vegetables from the garden.
- to pick up piece by piece:[~ + object]Gather your toys from the floor.
- to scoop up:[~ + object]She gathered the crying child in her arms.
- to increase:[~ + object]The car quickly gathered speed.
- to assemble or collect, as for an effort: [~ + object]I gathered my energy for one last try.[~ + oneself + up]He gathered himself up for the effort.[~ + up + object]She gathered up her courage.
- to learn or conclude from observation;
infer; deduce; understand: [~ + (that) clause]I gather that she is the real leader.[~ + object]He's rich? Yes, I gathered that. - to wrap around or bring close to:[~ + object]He gathered his scarf around his neck.
- to pull (cloth) along a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches:[~ + object]She gathered the hem of the dress.
n. [countable] - a drawing together;
contraction. - TextilesOften, gathers. [plural] a fold, pleat, or pucker, as in cloth.
gath•er•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gath•er (gaᵺ′ər),USA pronunciation v.t. - to bring together into one group, collection, or place:to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- to bring together or assemble from various places, sources, or people;
collect gradually:The college is gathering a faculty from all over the country. - to serve as a center of attention for;
attract:A good football game always gathers a crowd. - Agricultureto pick or harvest (any crop or natural yield) from its place of growth or formation:to gather fruit; to gather flowers.
- to pick up piece by piece:Gather your toys from the floor.
- to pick or scoop up:She gathered the crying child in her arms.
- to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.).
- to accumulate;
increase:The storm gathers force. The car gathered speed. - to take by selection from among other things;
sort out; cull. - to assemble or collect (one's energies or oneself ) as for an effort (often fol. by up):He gathered up his strength for the hard job.
- to learn or conclude from observation;
infer; deduce:I gather that he is the real leader. - to wrap or draw around or close:He gathered his scarf around his neck.
- to contract (the brow) into wrinkles.
- to draw (cloth) up on a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches.
- Printing[Bookbinding.]to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed.
- Metallurgyto increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations.
- Ceramics[Glassmaking.]to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc.
v.i. - to come together around a central point;
assemble:Let's gather round the fire and sing. - to collect or accumulate:Clouds were gathering in the northeast.
- to grow, as by accretion;
increase. - Textilesto become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth.
- to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating.
- Idioms be gathered to one's fathers, to die.
n. - a drawing together;
contraction. - TextilesOften, gathers. a fold or pucker, as in gathered cloth.
- an act or instance of gathering.
- an amount or number gathered, as during a harvest.
- [Glassmaking.]a mass of molten glass attached to the end of a punty.
- bef. 900; Middle English gaderen, Old English gaderian, derivative of geador together, akin to gæd fellowship; compare together, good
gath′er•a•ble, adj. gath′er•er, n. - 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accumulate, amass, garner, hoard. Gather, assemble, collect, muster, marshal imply bringing or drawing together. Gather expresses the general idea usually with no implication of arrangement:to gather seashells.Assemble is used of objects or facts brought together preparatory to arranging them:to assemble data for a report.Collect implies purposeful accumulation to form an ordered whole:to collect evidence.Muster, primarily a military term, suggests thoroughness in the process of collection:to muster all one's resources.Marshal, another term primarily military, suggests rigorously ordered, purposeful arrangement:to marshal facts for effective presentation.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pluck, crop, reap, glean, garner.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assume, understand.
- 20.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accrete.
- 1, 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged separate, disperse.
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