Gather

Word GATHER
Character 6
Hyphenation gath er
Pronunciations /ˈɡæðə/

Definitions and meanings of "Gather"

What do we mean by gather?

To collect from different places; assemble. intransitive verb

To cause to come together; convene. intransitive verb

To draw (something or someone) closer to oneself. intransitive verb

To draw into small folds or puckers, as by pulling a thread through cloth. intransitive verb

To contract and wrinkle (the brow). intransitive verb

To harvest or pick. intransitive verb

To conclude or infer, as from evidence. intransitive verb

To summon up; muster. intransitive verb

To accumulate (something) gradually; amass. intransitive verb

To attract or be the center of attraction for. intransitive verb

To gain by a process of gradual increase. intransitive verb

To pick up or collect (molten glass) using a tool in glass blowing. intransitive verb

To come together in a group; assemble. intransitive verb

To accumulate. intransitive verb

To grow or increase by degrees. intransitive verb

To come to a head, as a boil; fester. intransitive verb

To forage for wild foodstuffs. intransitive verb

The act or an instance of gathering. noun

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

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

The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).

A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

A gathering.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gather

The word "gather" in example sentences

Natalie’s eyes skipped to the next blanks, where she was instructed to look through Exodus 16 and list every verse in which the word gather appeared. ❋ Denise Hunter (2004)

Tomorrow, governments will again gather for another of their crucial environmental summits. ❋ Tony Juniper (2010)

Which from what I gather is quite common here in Mexico. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Orin Kerr: I gather from the pithy response above to PLR — “Yes, that is correct” — that Prof. Kerr beleives Greenwald is wholly wrong on the outcome based on the facts and the law. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Plus, some of the events add dimensions to wine education that most tasters cannot gather from a winery visit alone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I gather from the pithy response above to PLR — “Yes, that is correct” — that Prof. Kerr beleives Greenwald is wholly wrong on the outcome based on the facts and the law. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to what he could gather from the conversations, this officer had been paying off the military and they had been simply waving him through each day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You might be able to gather from the document that there was a lot of intermarriage between the different Apaches. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here, from what I can gather, is what Smokey is thinking: ❋ Unknown (2009)

By picking Kagan contra Wood, whom I gather is a fierce liberal and would have been branded as such in the confirmations, Obama takes the liberalism card out of play and minimizes the Novemberpolitical storms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think we can gather from the sudden retirements of a number of Democrats THEY feel their time in power is coming to an end. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I watched this robin gather grass for nesting material in our small sideyard a few years ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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