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[ verb ] assemble or get together

Examples

"gather some stones" "pull your thoughts together"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

The Orioles once_again performed at the plate in powderpuff fashion , gathering only seven blows off the offerings of three Kansas_City pitchers .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

NBC had gathered a_lot of historical material which it was eager to share .

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

As the play unfolds , however , the audience is subtly brought into the grip of an awful evil which grows with ominously gathering power and soon engulfs the community .

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

And she felt amply rewarded for her suffering when the evidence of Lee 's quack shenanigans , gathered by the tape_recorder under her friend 's clothing , proved adequate in court for convicting Franklin_D._Lee .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

Much information has been gathered relative to quantitative sampling and assessment techniques .

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[ verb ] collect in one place

Examples

"We assembled in the church basement" "Let's gather in the dining room"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Before daylight Sunday morning , a posse of twenty-three men under the leadership of Deputy_Sheriff_Frank_MacPherson of Catskill followed the trail to the house of Francisco_Chaves , where 100 to 150 Mexicans had gathered .

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Inside , as_soon_as Mr._Skopas had disclosed - in a hoarse whisper - the detective 's errand , his family gathered in a huddle , forming a mass of dark flesh on and around a brocaded sofa which stood at one side of a baroque fireplace .

3
[ verb ] come together, usually for a purpose

Synonyms

congregate collect

Examples

"The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

Piepsam tries to stop him by force , receives a push in the chest from `` Life '' , and is left standing in impotent and growing rage , while a crowd begins to gather .

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

It was amazing how they had herded together for protection : an enormous matriarch in a quilted silk wrapper , rising from the breakfast_table ; a gross boy in his teens , shuffling in from the kitchen with a sandwich in his hands ; a girl in her twenties , fat and sullen , descending the marble staircase ; then all four gathering on the sofa to face the inquisitor .

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

There was , furthermore , the crowd of curious onlookers gathered in the street and a couple more cops to hold them at a decent distance .

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[ verb ] collect or gather

Examples

"Journals are accumulating in my office" "The work keeps piling up"

Used in print

(Los Angeles Times,...)

`` The present recovery movement will gather steady momentum to lift the economy to a new historic peak by this autumn '' , Beryl_W._Sprinkel , economist of Harris_Trust + Savings_Bank , Chicago , predicted at the closing session here Tuesday of Investment_Bankers Assn. , California group , conference .

(David Alexander, Bloodstain....)

Marty_Land stood alone on a red-clay road as storm_clouds gathered ominously in_the_sky again .

When the two cars were equidistant from him , the station_wagon started_up again and the Ford gathered speed .

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[ verb ] conclude from evidence

Examples

"I gather you have not done your homework"

Used in print

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

Andy gathered that this had been no small accomplishment .

Related terms

reason

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[ verb ] draw fabric together and sew it tightly

Synonyms

tuck pucker

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

But strength and poignancy develop thenceforth , and the windmill and deathbed episodes gather the threads of realization of the wonderfulness of the old_boy .

Related terms

sew tuck

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[ verb ] believe to be the case

Synonyms

understand infer

Examples

"I understand you have no previous experience?"

Related terms

believe

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[ verb ] get people together

Examples

"assemble your colleagues" "get together all those who are interested in the project" "gather the close family members"

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[ noun ] sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

Synonyms

gathering

Related terms

sewing

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[ noun ] the act of gathering something

Synonyms

gathering

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