gather
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Is gather a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of gather?
Definition
verb (English)
1. To collect normally separate things.Examples: "People gathered round as he began to tell his story."; "Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, […]"; "At the north-western most of Iran, to the south of Maku, is the Church of Qara Kelisa (meaning the Black Church) in a village of the same name. Here is reputed to be the burialplace of St. Thaddeus and every year thousands of Armenians gather there for prayer."intransitive
2. To collect normally separate things.Examples: "Their snow-ball did not gather as it went."intransitive
3. To bring parts of a whole closer.Examples: "A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped."
4. To bring parts of a whole closer.Examples: "Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting."; "If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline."
5. To bring parts of a whole closer.Synonyms: aggroup
6. To bring parts of a whole closer.Examples: "to gather the slack of a rope"
noun (English)
1. (masonry) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather.
2. (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
Definition source: Wiktionary