Gather

gather
    n 1: sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling
         tight a thread in a line of stitching [syn: {gather},
         {gathering}]
    2: the act of gathering something [syn: {gather}, {gathering}]
    v 1: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
         thoughts together" [syn: {gather}, {garner}, {collect},
         {pull together}] [ant: {distribute}, {spread}]
    2: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
       "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {meet}, {gather},
       {assemble}, {forgather}, {foregather}]
    3: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
       "The work keeps piling up" [syn: {accumulate}, {cumulate},
       {conglomerate}, {pile up}, {gather}, {amass}]
    4: conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your
       homework"
    5: draw together into folds or puckers [syn: {gather}, {pucker},
       {tuck}]
    6: get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get
       together all those who are interested in the project";
       "gather the close family members" [syn: {assemble}, {gather},
       {get together}]
    7: draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her
       shoulders"
    8: look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in
       the Fall"
    9: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum";
       "the car gathers speed" [syn: {gain}, {gather}]
    

Gather \Gath"er\ (g[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Gathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gathering}.] [OE. gaderen, AS.
   gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d
   fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte
   husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a
   sister's son. [root]29. See {Good}, and cf. {Together}.]
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   1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
      things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
      assemble; to muster; to congregate.
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            And Belgium's capital had gathered them
            Her beauty and her chivalry.          --Byron.
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            When he had gathered all the chief priests and
            scribes of the people together.       --Matt. ii. 4.
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   2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
      value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
      pick off; to pluck.
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            A rose just gathered from the stalk.  --Dryden.
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            Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
                                                  --Matt. vii.
                                                  16.
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            Gather us from among the heathen.     --Ps. cvi. 47.
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   3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
      to amass; to gain; to heap up.
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            He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
            substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
            the poor.                             --Prov.
                                                  xxviii. 8.
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            To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
            degrees.                              --Locke.
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   4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
      contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
      plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
      of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
      ruffle.
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            Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand
            In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
                                                  --Pope.
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   5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
      conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
      that prove; to infer; to conclude.
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            Let me say no more!
            Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
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   6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
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            He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
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   7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
      as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
      the width of the flue, or the like.
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   8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
      a rope.
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   {To be gathered to one's people} or {To be gathered to one's
   fathers} to die. --Gen. xxv. 8.

   {To gather breath}, to recover normal breathing after being
      out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest. --Spenser.

   {To gather one's self together}, to collect and dispose one's
      powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
      to a leap.

   {To gather way} (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
      increasing speed.
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Gather \Gath"er\, v. i.
   1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become
      assembled; to congregate.
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            When small humors gather to a gout.   --Pope.
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            Tears from the depth of some divine despair
            Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
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            Their snowball did not gather as it went. --Bacon.
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   3. To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate
      pus; as, a boil has gathered.
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   4. To collect or bring things together.
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            Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and
            gather where I have not strewed.      --Matt. xxv.
                                                  26.
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Gather \Gath"er\, n.
   1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through
      it; a pucker.
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   2. (Carriage Making) The inclination forward of the axle
      journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
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   3. (Arch.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry
      required in gathering. See {Gather}, v. t., 7.
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