gather
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.
to 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 followed by up): He gathered up his strength for the hard job.
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.
Bookbinding. to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding.
Nautical. to gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed.
Metalworking. to increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations.
Glassmaking. to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc.
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.
to become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth.
to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating.
a drawing together; contraction.
Often 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.
Idioms about gather
be gathered to one's fathers, to die.
Origin of gather
1synonym study For gather
Other words for gather
1, 2 | accumulate, amass, garner, hoard |
4 | pluck, crop, reap, glean, garner |
11 | assume, understand |
20 | accrete |
Opposites for gather
Other words from gather
- gath·er·a·ble, adjective
- gath·er·er, noun
- pre·gath·er, verb (used without object)
- re·gath·er, verb
- un·gath·ered, adjective
- well-gath·ered, adjective
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How to use gather in a sentence
After that speech, many of the students gathered around to talk further.
I often wonder what contributions to art and innovation society would have gathered if not for how it treats trans individuals.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWith her help, we've gathered the ultimate list of the country's greatest influential bars.
The families had gathered that Sunday to remember Ali Bazzal, a soldier whom the Nusra Front declared they had executed on Dec. 6.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut although the movie has gathered awards and some rave reviews I, for one, never felt I was close to seeing this happen.
The young men gathered round him and offered him a cigar, which he accepted and began to smoke.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayA large crowd gathered immediately, and the alcaldes made investigation of what was passing.
Some one had gathered orange and lemon branches, and with these fashioned graceful festoons between.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinLawrence and Dan were passing a newspaper office, before which a large crowd had gathered, reading the war bulletins.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnPunch gathered himself together and eyed the house with disfavour.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for gather
/ (ˈɡæðə) /
to assemble or cause to assemble
to collect or be collected gradually; muster
(tr) to learn from information given; conclude or assume
(tr) to pick or harvest (flowers, fruit, etc)
(tr; foll by to or into) to clasp or embrace: the mother gathered the child into her arms
(tr) to bring close (to) or wrap (around): she gathered her shawl about her shoulders
to increase or cause to increase gradually, as in force, speed, intensity, etc
to contract (the brow) or (of the brow) to become contracted into wrinkles; knit
(tr) to assemble (sections of a book) in the correct sequence for binding
(tr) to collect by making a selection
(tr) to prepare or make ready: to gather one's wits
to draw (material) into a series of small tucks or folds by passing a thread through it and then pulling it tight
(intr) (of a boil or other sore) to come to a head; form pus
the act of gathering
the amount gathered
a small fold in material, as made by a tightly pulled stitch; tuck
printing an informal name for section (def. 17)
Origin of gather
1Derived forms of gather
- gatherable, adjective
- gatherer, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with gather
see rolling stone gathers no moss.
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