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gather

  (TH'ər) pronunciation

v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

v.tr.
  1. To cause to come together; convene: The teacher gathered the students around the exhibit.
    1. To accumulate (something) gradually; amass: The top of the bookshelf gathered dust.
    2. To harvest or pick: gather flowers; gather wild foods.
  2. To gain by a process of gradual increase: gather speed.
  3. To collect into one place; assemble.
  4. To pick up and enfold: gathered the kittens into her arms.
  5. Printing. To arrange (signatures) in sequence for bookbinding.
    1. To draw into small folds or puckers, as by pulling a thread through cloth.
    2. To contract and wrinkle (the brow).
  6. To draw about or bring (one thing) closer to something else: gathered the shawl about my shoulders.
  7. To conclude; infer: I gather that a decision has not been reached.
  8. To summon up; muster: gathered up his courage.
  9. To attract or be a center of attraction for: The parade gathered a large crowd.
v.intr.
  1. To come together in a group; assemble: A crowd gathered in the lobby.
  2. To accumulate: Dark clouds are gathering.
  3. To grow or increase by degrees.
  4. To come to a head, as a boil; fester.
  5. To forage for wild foodstuffs.
n.
    1. The act or an instance of gathering.
    2. A quantity gathered.
  1. A small fold or pucker made by gathering cloth.

[Middle English getheren, gaderen, from Old English gadrian.]

gatherer gath'er·er n.

SYNONYMS  gather, collect, assemble, congregate, accumulate, amass. These verbs mean to bring or come together in a group or aggregate. Gather is the most widely applicable: I gathered sticks for the fire. Clouds gathered in the evening sky. Collect frequently refers to the careful selection of like or related things that become part of an organized whole: She collects stamps as a hobby. Tears collected in his eyes. Assemble implies a definite and usually close relationship. With respect to persons, the term suggests convening out of common interest or purpose: Assembling an able staff was more difficult than expected. The reporters assembled for the press conference. With respect to things, assemble implies gathering and fitting together components: The curator is assembling an interesting exhibit of Stone Age artifacts. Congregate refers chiefly to the coming together of a large number of persons or animals: The students congregated after class to compare notes. Accumulate applies to the increase of like or related things over an extended period: They accumulated enough capital to invest. Old newspapers accumulated in the basement. Amass refers to the collection or accumulation of things, often valuable things, to form an imposing quantity: Their families had amassed great fortunes. Rocks had amassed at the bottom of the glacier. See also synonyms at reap.


 
 
Thesaurus: gather

verb

  1. To collect (something) bit by bit: cull, extract, garner, glean, pick up. See collect/distribute.
  2. To bring together so as to increase in mass or number: accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect1, cumulate, garner, hive, pile up, roll up. See collect/distribute.
  3. To collect ripe crops: crop, garner, harvest, pick, reap. See collect/distribute.
  4. To bring together: assemble, call, cluster, collect1, congregate, convene, convoke, get together, group, muster, round up, summon. See collect/distribute.
  5. To come together: assemble, cluster, collect1, congregate, convene, forgather, get together, group, muster. See collect/distribute.
  6. To arrive at (a conclusion) from evidence or reasoning: conclude, deduce, deduct, draw, infer, judge, understand. See reason/unreason.

 
Antonyms: gather

v

Definition: be led to believe; infer
Antonyms: misunderstand

v

Definition: come or bring together; group
Antonyms: allot, deal, disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate, spread

v

Definition: harvest, pick out
Antonyms: grow, plant

v

Definition: increase
Antonyms: decrease


 
Word Tutor: gather
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To bring or come together. Also: To understand or believe.

pronunciation If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive. — Dale Carnegie (1888-1955).

 
Wikipedia: gather (disambiguation)

Gather or gatherer can refer to:


Anthropology and sociology

  • Hunter-gatherer, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods
  • Bee (gathering), an old term which describes a group of people coming together for a task
  • Intensive gathering, the practice of cultivating wild plants as a step toward domestication
  • Rag gatherer, an archaic occupation, also known as rag picker
  • Salon (gathering), a party associated with French and Italian intellectuals

Biography

Music and art

Textiles

  • Gather (sewing), an area where fabric is folded or bunched together with thread or yarn
  • Gather (knitting), a generic term for one of several knitting techniques to draw stitches closer together

See also


 
Translations: Translations for: Gather

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - samle, indsamle, sanke
v. intr. - vokse, stige
n. - rynke

idioms:

  • gather speed    få fart på
  • gather up    samle op, samle sammen
  • gather way    få fart fremover

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzamelen, vergaren, plukken/oogsten, bijeenkomen, zich ophopen, ergens van horen, iets begrijpen, rapen, plooien, rijpen (zweer), het verzamelen, plooisel, vloeibare glaspasta (glasblazerij)

Français (French)
v. tr. - cueillir, ramasser, recueillir, se réunir, mûrir, percevoir, rassembler (son courage), serrer qn contre, déduire, conclure, (Cout) faire des fronces, (Imprim) assembler (un livre)
v. intr. - se rassembler, se réunir, s'amonceler (des nuages), s'épaissir (l'obscurité), (Méd) mûrir (un abcès)
n. - fronce

idioms:

  • gather speed    prendre de la vitesse
  • gather up    rassembler, ramasser
  • gather way    (Naut) prendre de la vitesse

Deutsch (German)
v. - zusammenkommen, sammeln, versammeln, einsammeln, schließen, zusammennehmen, (med.) reif werden, kräuseln, in Falten legen, runzeln
n. - Kräuselfalte

idioms:

  • gather speed    schneller werden, an Geschwindigkeit gewinnen
  • gather up    aufsammeln, auflesen, sammeln
  • gather way    Fahrt aufnehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μαζεύω/-ομαι, συνάγω, συλλέγω (καρπούς κ.λπ.), συμπεραίνω, υποθέτω, συγκεντρώνω/-ομαι, συναθροίζω/-ομαι, σουρώνω
n. - (ενδυμ.) πτυχή, σούρα

idioms:

  • gather speed    αναπτύσσω ταχύτητα
  • gather up    συγκεντρώνω/-ομαι
  • gather way    (για πλοίο) αναχωρώ, ξεκινώ

Italiano (Italian)
riunirsi, raccogliere, aggrondare, increspare

idioms:

  • gather speed    aumentare di velocità
  • gather up    raccogliere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - reunir(-se), coletar, colecionar
n. - franzido (m) (Cost.), dobra (f) (Cost.)

idioms:

  • gather speed    ganhar velocidade
  • gather up    reunir forças
  • gather way    motivar-se em uma conversa

Русский (Russian)
собирать, собираться (вместе), набирать, делать вывод, нарастать, сборки (на одежде)

idioms:

  • gather speed    набирать скорость
  • gather up    сносить в одно место, подбирать (с земли и пр.), собираться (с мыслями, силами и т.п.), съеживаться, суммировать
  • gather way    набирать скорость

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recoger, acumular, cosechar, recaudar, reunir, fruncir, arrugar
v. intr. - reunirse, juntarse, acumularse, aumentar
n. - reunión, pliegue, cosecha

idioms:

  • gather speed    ganar o aumentar la velocidad
  • gather up    recoger
  • gather way    tomar velocidad

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - (för)samla, samla ihop, få, vinna, sluta sig till, rynka
n. - rynkparti (sömn.)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
使聚集, 积聚, 搜集, 皱起, 集合, 生脓, 化脓, 聚集

idioms:

  • gather speed    加速, 渐渐加快速度
  • gather up    收集起, 概括, 蜷缩
  • gather way    加速

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使聚集, 積聚, 搜集
v. intr. - 積聚, 皺起, 集合, 生膿, 化膿
n. - 集合, 聚集

idioms:

  • gather speed    加速, 漸漸加快速度
  • gather up    收集起, 概括, 蜷縮
  • gather way    加速

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 수확하다, 모으다
v. intr. - 증가하다, 모이다
n. - 수확, 주름

idioms:

  • gather up    주워 모으다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 集める, 集まる, 集合させる, 増す, 推測する, 知る, 摘む, 取り入れる, 寄せ集める, うむ, 拾い集める
n. - ギャザー, ひだ

idioms:

  • gather dust    無視される
  • gather speed    スピードを上げる
  • gather up    拾い集める, まとめる
  • gather way    勢いを増す, 動き始める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجمع, يحتشد (الاسم) جمع, حشد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אסף, קיבץ, לקט, הסיק, הבין, אירגן, הסדיר, צבר, קימט, כיווץ‬
v. intr. - ‮התאסף, התקמט, התמגל‬
n. - ‮חלק מקומט בבגד‬


 
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