gather

v. bring together, assemble, collect; amass, accumulate; harvest; conclude, deduce

n. gathering in, drawing together; fold or pucker (in clothing)

Gather or gatherer can refer to: Anthropology and sociologyHunter-gatherer, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foodsBee (gathering), an old term which describes a group of people coming together for a taskIntensive gathering, the practice of cultivating wild plants as a step toward domesticationRag gatherer, an archaic occupation, also known as rag pickerSalon (gathering), a party associated with French and Italian intellectuals
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Noun
1. sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
(synonym) gathering
(hypernym) sewing, stitchery
(derivation) pucker, tuck
2. the act of gathering something
(synonym) gathering
(hypernym) collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
(hyponym) centralization, centralisation
Verb
1. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
(synonym) garner, collect, pull together
(antonym) spread, distribute
(hyponym) mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon
(see-also) pick up, lift up, gather up
(derivation) gathering
2. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
(synonym) meet, assemble, forgather, foregather
(hypernym) interact
(hyponym) group, aggroup
(verb-group) meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see
(derivation) gathering, assemblage
3. collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
(synonym) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, amass
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) backlog
(derivation) gathering
4. conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"
(hypernym) reason, reason out, conclude
5. draw fabric together and sew it tightly
(synonym) pucker, tuck
(hypernym) sew, run up, sew together, stitch
(derivation) gathering
6. get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"
(synonym) assemble, get together
(hyponym) make
(cause) meet, assemble, forgather, foregather
(derivation) gathering, assemblage
7. look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"
(hypernym) search, seek, look for
(hyponym) shell
(derivation) gathering

(v. t.)
To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.
  

(v. t.)
To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.
  

(v. t.)
To gain; to win.
  

(v. t.)
To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude.
  

(v. t.)
To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.
  

(v. t.)
To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like.
  

(v. t.)
To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle.
  

(v. t.)
To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.
  

(v. i.)
To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
  

(v. i.)
To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.
  

(v. i.)
To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
  

(v. i.)
To collect or bring things together.
  

(n.)
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.
  

(n.)
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
  

(n.)
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
  

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A rare commodity worth hoarding.
Said of a precious product that can be monopolized or held back in anticipation of fabulous profits.