gather /gadhˈər/

1. To collect
2. To assemble
3. To amass
4. To harvest
5. To pick up
6. To draw together
7. To pull someone or something close to oneself
8. (in sewing) to draw into puckers by passing a thread through and pulling it tight
9. To arrange (signatures of a book) in sequence for binding
10. To learn by inference
11. To have increase in (eg speed)

1. To assemble or muster
2. To increase
3. To suppurate
4. To make way (nautical)
5. To arrange signatures of a book in correct sequence for binding

1. A pleat or fold in cloth, made by drawing threads through
2. (in pl) that part of the dress which is gathered or drawn in

gathˈerer noun

1. A person who collects, amasses, assembles or harvests
2. A worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing

gathˈering noun

1. The action of someone who or something that gathers
2. A crowd or assembly
3. A series of gathers in material
4. A narrowing
5. A number of leaves of paper folded one within another
6. The assembling of the sheets of a book
7. A suppurating swelling, boil or abscess (informal)

gathˈering-coal or gathˈering-peat noun

A coal, or peat, put into a fire to keep it alive until morning

gathˈering-cry noun

A summons to assemble for war

gathˈering-ground noun

A catchment area

gather breath

To recover wind

gather ground

To gain ground

gather oneself together

To collect all one's powers, like one about to leap

gather to a head

1. To ripen
2. To come into a state of preparation for action or effect

• overdone
• overdosage
• overdosages
• overdose
• overdosed
• overdoses
• overdosing
• overdo things
• overdraft
• overdrafts
• overdramatise
• overdramatised
• overdramatises
• overdramatising
• overdramatize
• overdramatized
• overdramatizes
• overdramatizing
• overdraught
• overdraughts
• overdraw
• overdrawing
• overdrawn
• overdraws
• overdress