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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishgaderen, fromOld Englishgaderian(“to gather, assemble”), fromProto-West Germanic*gadurōn(“to bring together, unite, gather”), fromProto-Indo-European*gʰedʰ-(“to unite, assemble, keep”).

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Verb

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gather (third-person singular simple presentgathers,present participlegathering,simple past and past participlegathered)

  1. Tocollect normallyseparate things.
    I've beengathering ideas from the people I work with.
    She bent down togather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.
    1. Especially, toharvest food.
      We went togather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
    2. Toaccumulate over time, toamass little by little.
      Over the years he'dgathered a considerable collection of mugs.
    3. (intransitive) Tocongregate, orassemble.
      Peoplegathered round as he began to tell his story.
      • 1847,Alfred Tennyson, “Part IV”, inThe Princess: A Medley, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC,page66:
        Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart, andgather to the eyes,[…]
      • 2010, “Ardebil, East and West Azerbaijan Provinces”, in F. Ghani, transl.,Iran The Ancient Land in Persian, English & German‎[1], 9th edition,→ISBN,→OCLC,page231:
        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 Armeniansgather there for prayer.
    4. (intransitive) To grow gradually larger byaccretion.
  2. To bringparts of a wholecloser.
    Shegathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
    1. (sewing) To addpleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
      A gown should begathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.
    2. (knitting) To bringstitches closer together.
      Be careful not to stretch orgather your knitting.
      If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible togather the waistline.
    3. (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
    4. (nautical) To haul in; to take up.
      togather the slack of a rope
  3. Toinfer orconclude; toknow from a differentsource.
    From his silence, Igathered that things had not gone well.
    Igather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.
    • 1960 January, “Talking of Trains: The Seven Bridge disaster”, inTrains Illustrated, page 5:
      Press reports of the length of time the bridge is likely to be out of action vary greatly, but Mr. Farrgathers that a temporary structure may be ready in six months; complete reconstruction, however, will take at least two years.[It was never rebuilt or replaced, and demolished instead.]
  4. (intransitive, medicine, of aboil orsore) To befilled withpus
    Salt water can help boils togather and then burst.
  5. (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
  6. To gain; to win.

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Translations

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to bring together; to collect
—to harvest
—to accumulate over time
—to congregate
to bring parts of a whole closer
—sewing: to add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth
—knitting: to bring stitches closer together
—architecture: to bring nearer together
—nautical: to gather in
to infer or conclude
medicine: to be filled with pus
glassblowing: to collect molten glass on the end of a tool
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Noun

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gather (pluralgathers)

  1. Aplait or fold in cloth, made by drawing athread through it; apucker.
  2. Theinclination forward of theaxle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
  3. (masonry) Thesoffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. Seegather#verb.
  4. (glassblowing) A blob ofmoltenglass collected on the end of ablowpipe.
  5. Agathering.
    • 2007, John Barnes,The Sky So Big and Black, Tor Books,→ISBN:
      "I'll tell you all about it at theGather, win or lose."
    • 2014, Paul Lederer,Dark Angel Riding, Open Road Media,→ISBN:
      What bothered him more, he thought as he started Washoe southward, was Spikes's animosity, the bearded man's sudden violent reaction to his arrival at thegather.

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Translations

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a pucker
the inclination forward of the axle journals
the soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering
glassblowing: a blob of molten glass

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