gather

gather [gath′ər]

vt.

[ME gaderen < OE gad(e)rian, akin to OFris gaduria, Du gaderen < IE base * ghedh-, to unite, join > (TO)GETHER, GOOD, Ger gatte, spouse]

1. to cause to come together in one place or group

2. to get or collect gradually from various places, sources, etc.; amass; accumulate [to gather information]

3. to bring close [to gather a blanket about one's legs]

4. to pick, pluck, or collect by picking; harvest [to gather crops]

5. to get as an idea or impression; infer; conclude [I gather that you disagree]

6. to prepare to collect (oneself, one's energies) to meet a situation

7. to gain or acquire gradually [to gather speed]

8. to draw (cloth) on a thread loosely stitched across it into fixed folds or puckers

9. to wrinkle (one's brow)

10. to put (the pages or signatures of a book) in proper order for binding

vi.

1. to come together; assemble [to gather for lunch]

2. to form pus; come to a head, as a boil; fester

3. to increase [clouds gathered]

4. to become wrinkled: said of the brow

n.

a pucker or fold made in cloth

SYN.- INFER

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be gathered to one's fathers

to die: cf. Judg. 2:10

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gather up

1. to pick up and assemble

2. to draw together; make more compact

gatherer

n.

SYN.- GATHER is the general term for a bringing or coming together [to gather scattered objects, people gathered at the corners ]; COLLECT¹ usually implies careful choice in gathering from various sources, a bringing into an orderly arrangement, etc. [he collects coins ]; ASSEMBLE applies especially to the gathering together of persons for some special purpose [assemble the students in the auditorium ]; MUSTER applies to a formal assembling, especially of troops for inspection, roll call, etc.