gather
VERB:
1. to assemble or cause to assemble.
2. to collect or be collected gradually; muster.
3. to increase or cause to increase gradually, as in force, speed, intensity, etc.
(tr):
1. to bring together into one group, collection, or place:
to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
2. to bring together or assemble from various places, sources, or people; collect gradually:
The college is gathering a faculty from all over the country.
3. to serve as a center of attention for; attract:
A good football game always gathers a crowd.
4. to pick or harvest (any crop or natural yield) from its place of growth or formation:
to gather fruit; to gather flowers.
5. to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.).
6. to accumulate; increase:
The storm gathers force; The car gathered speed.
7. to take by selection from among other things; sort out; cull.
8. 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.
9. to learn or conclude from observation; infer; deduce:
I gather that he is the real leader.
10. (tr) to learn from information given; conclude or assume.
11. (tr) to pick or harvest (flowers, fruit, etc).
12. (tr) to collect by making a selection.
13. (tr) to prepare or make ready:
to gather one's wits.
14. to bring together; collect:
tried to gather a crowd; gathered firewood.
15. pick, harvest:
gather flowers.
16. to pick up or amass as if by harvesting:
gathering ideas for the project.
17. to serve as an attraction for; accumulate:
books gathering dust.
18. to effect the collection of:
gather contributions.
19. to summon up:
gathered his courage.
20. to gain by gradual increase:
gather speed.
21. to prepare (oneself) by mustering strength.
22. to gain or regain control of:
gathered his wits.
23. to reach a conclusion often intuitively from hints or through inferences:
I gather that you want to leave.
24. to bring together the parts of:
gathered her hair into a ponytail.
of fabric, etc:
1. to draw (material) into a series of small tucks or folds by passing a thread through it and then pulling it tight.
2. to wrap or draw around or close:
He gathered his scarf around his neck.
3. to pull (fabric) along a line of stitching so as to draw into puckers.
4. to draw about or close to something:
gathering her cloak about her.
5. (tr) to draw (cloth) up on a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches.
6. (tr) to bring close (to) or wrap (around):
she gathered her shawl about her shoulders.
of the brow:
1. (tr or intr) to contract (the brow) or (of the brow) to become contracted into wrinkles; knit.
2. (tr) to contract (the brow) into wrinkles.
of picking or scooping up:
1. to pick up piece by piece:
Gather your toys from the floor.
2. to pick or scoop up:
She gathered the crying child in her arms.
3. to scoop up or take up from a resting place:
gathered the child up in his arms.
4. (tr; foll by to or into) to clasp or embrace:
the mother gathered the child into her arms.
of a book, bookbinding:
1. to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding.
2. to assemble (the signatures of a book) in sequence for binding.
3. (tr) to assemble (sections of a book) in the correct sequence for binding.
in nautical sense:
1. to gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed.
2. to haul in:
the sailors gathered the sails.
in metalworking:
to increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations.
of glassmaking:
to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc.
(intr):
1. to come together around a central point or in a body; assemble:
Let's gather round the fire and sing.
2. to collect or accumulate:
Clouds were gathering in the northeast.
3. to grow, as by accretion; increase:
the gathering crisis.
4. to cluster around a focus of attraction.
Examples:
Give me just a minute to gather my things and then we can leave; The coach gathered her players together. —Merriam-Webster.
of the brow, cloth, etc:
to become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth.
of a sore, pus, etc:
1. to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating.
2. (intr) (of a boil or other sore) to come to a head; form pus.
3. to swell and fill with pus.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English gaderen,Old English gaderian, derivative of geador together, akin to gæd fellowship; cf. together, good. Dictionary 2: Old English gadrian; related to Old Frisian gaderia, Middle Low German gaderen. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of gather: Verb: before the 12th century. Noun: 1555. History and Etymology for gather: Verb: Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian; akin to Middle High German gadern to unite — more at good. Noun: derivative of gather entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. to assemble or cause to assemble.
2. to collect or be collected gradually; muster.
3. to increase or cause to increase gradually, as in force, speed, intensity, etc.
(tr):
1. to bring together into one group, collection, or place:
to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
2. to bring together or assemble from various places, sources, or people; collect gradually:
The college is gathering a faculty from all over the country.
3. to serve as a center of attention for; attract:
A good football game always gathers a crowd.
4. to pick or harvest (any crop or natural yield) from its place of growth or formation:
to gather fruit; to gather flowers.
5. to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.).
6. to accumulate; increase:
The storm gathers force; The car gathered speed.
7. to take by selection from among other things; sort out; cull.
8. 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.
9. to learn or conclude from observation; infer; deduce:
I gather that he is the real leader.
10. (tr) to learn from information given; conclude or assume.
11. (tr) to pick or harvest (flowers, fruit, etc).
12. (tr) to collect by making a selection.
13. (tr) to prepare or make ready:
to gather one's wits.
14. to bring together; collect:
tried to gather a crowd; gathered firewood.
15. pick, harvest:
gather flowers.
16. to pick up or amass as if by harvesting:
gathering ideas for the project.
17. to serve as an attraction for; accumulate:
books gathering dust.
18. to effect the collection of:
gather contributions.
19. to summon up:
gathered his courage.
20. to gain by gradual increase:
gather speed.
21. to prepare (oneself) by mustering strength.
22. to gain or regain control of:
gathered his wits.
23. to reach a conclusion often intuitively from hints or through inferences:
I gather that you want to leave.
24. to bring together the parts of:
gathered her hair into a ponytail.
of fabric, etc:
1. to draw (material) into a series of small tucks or folds by passing a thread through it and then pulling it tight.
2. to wrap or draw around or close:
He gathered his scarf around his neck.
3. to pull (fabric) along a line of stitching so as to draw into puckers.
4. to draw about or close to something:
gathering her cloak about her.
5. (tr) to draw (cloth) up on a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches.
6. (tr) to bring close (to) or wrap (around):
she gathered her shawl about her shoulders.
of the brow:
1. (tr or intr) to contract (the brow) or (of the brow) to become contracted into wrinkles; knit.
2. (tr) to contract (the brow) into wrinkles.
of picking or scooping up:
1. to pick up piece by piece:
Gather your toys from the floor.
2. to pick or scoop up:
She gathered the crying child in her arms.
3. to scoop up or take up from a resting place:
gathered the child up in his arms.
4. (tr; foll by to or into) to clasp or embrace:
the mother gathered the child into her arms.
of a book, bookbinding:
1. to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding.
2. to assemble (the signatures of a book) in sequence for binding.
3. (tr) to assemble (sections of a book) in the correct sequence for binding.
in nautical sense:
1. to gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed.
2. to haul in:
the sailors gathered the sails.
in metalworking:
to increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations.
of glassmaking:
to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc.
(intr):
1. to come together around a central point or in a body; assemble:
Let's gather round the fire and sing.
2. to collect or accumulate:
Clouds were gathering in the northeast.
3. to grow, as by accretion; increase:
the gathering crisis.
4. to cluster around a focus of attraction.
Examples:
Give me just a minute to gather my things and then we can leave; The coach gathered her players together. —Merriam-Webster.
of the brow, cloth, etc:
to become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth.
of a sore, pus, etc:
1. to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating.
2. (intr) (of a boil or other sore) to come to a head; form pus.
3. to swell and fill with pus.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English gaderen,Old English gaderian, derivative of geador together, akin to gæd fellowship; cf. together, good. Dictionary 2: Old English gadrian; related to Old Frisian gaderia, Middle Low German gaderen. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of gather: Verb: before the 12th century. Noun: 1555. History and Etymology for gather: Verb: Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian; akin to Middle High German gadern to unite — more at good. Noun: derivative of gather entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.