(of plants, fruits, etc.) To collect for food
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To bring together and take in from scattered places or sources
“Squirrels have been observed to gather fallen nuts, storing them for the winter.”
To gather or meet in a common location
“The guests would gather at the top of the stairs, sticking their heads down the stairway to see what was going on.”
To bring together or amass as a single group or collection
“Gather the spices together inside a small piece of muslin, tie with string, and add to the pan.”
To bring or assemble a group of people together
“If one man can gather an army of five hundred, another can gather an army of ten or five hundred thousand. That means revolution.”
To learn from information given
“From what I gather, he is certainly a natural talent at this sport.”
(of plants, fruits, etc.) To collect for food
“Sixteen people would be brought to an uninhabited island and left there to survive on the food they could gather for themselves.”
To grow larger or more numerous
“Storm clouds would continue to gather in the distance.”
To come or bring together
“Let's gather a group of adventurous individuals to climb to the summit.”
To attract the interest of, especially of a group
“The movie, with its implicit connotations, would soon gather a fanatical following.”
To pull (someone) into one's arms
“They would embrace and gather the child between them.”
(sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width
“Pull the basting bobbin threads to gather the skirt.”
To come into possession of
To issue, establish or apply as a fee, charge, fine or penalty
To form pus, or cause to generate pus
To acquire new information or skill
To arrive somewhere (for a given event or purpose)
To decompose or break down, especially biologically
To carry or transport, usually from one place to another
To order or instruct to go, or come, to a particular destination or in a particular direction
To work or group together for a common purpose
To extract from under a surface or ground
To remove or extract (something) by grasping and exerting force on it
To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller
(usually in plural form "gathers") A part of a garment that is gathered
“The soleplate comes to a point, making it easy to iron button bands and gathers.”
A strip material sewn on to a garment or fabric as a decorative edging or ornament
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