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gather

/ gather /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of gathering something
Type of:
collection collecting assembling
Kinds of:
centralization centralisation harvest harvesting harvest home
Derived:
accumulate cumulate conglomerate pile up amass
noun Sense 2
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
Type of:
sewing stitchery
Derived:
pucker tuck
verb Sense 3
conclude from evidence
"I gather you have not done your homework"
Type of:
reason reason out conclude
Usage Patterns:
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 4
look for (food) in nature
"Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"
Type of:
search seek look for
Kinds of:
shell
Derived:
gathering gatherer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
draw fabric together and sew it tightly
Type of:
sew run up sew together
Derived:
tuck tucker pucker ruck gathering
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
assemble or get together
"gather some stones"
"pull your thoughts together"
Opposites:
spread distribute
Kinds of:
mobilize mobilise marshal summon rake
Derived:
collection collecting assembling aggregation gathering
See also:
pick up lift up gather up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 7
collect in one place
"We assembled in the church basement"
"Let''s gather in the dining room"
Type of:
interact
Kinds of:
group aggroup meet congregate hive
Derived:
gathering assemblage assembly meeting get together
Verb group:
meet ran into encounter run across come across
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
get people together
"assemble your colleagues"
"get together all those who are interested in the project"
"gather the close family members"
Kinds of:
make
Derived:
meeting get together gathering assemblage assembly
Causes:
meet assemble forgather
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 9
collect or gather
"Journals are accumulating in my office"
"The work keeps piling up"
Type of:
increase
Kinds of:
backlog accrete drift
Derived:
gathering aggregate congeries conglomeration conglobation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Semantic Complexity
94%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
83
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

collection collecting assembling centralization centralisation harvest harvesting harvest home sewing stitchery reason reason out