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| gath·er [ gáər ] |
verb (past and past participle gath·ered, present participle gath·er·ing, 3rd person present singular gath·ers) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb form into group: to bring people or things together to form a group, or come together to form a group
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2. transitive verb harvest something: to pick or harvest a crop
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3. transitive verb collect data: to compile something such as information or ideas from various sources
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4. transitive verb attract following: to attract a group of people as supporters, followers, or an audience
  The street players have gathered quite a crowd.
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5. transitive and intransitive verb accumulate something: to accumulate a gradually increasing mass or quantity of something, or be accumulated gradually
Clouds gathered on the horizon.
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6. transitive verb find inner strength: to summon up energies, courage, or strength from within
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7. transitive verb surmise something: to conclude something from intuition or observation
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8. transitive verb bring somebody or something close: to draw somebody or something close
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9. transitive verb lift somebody or something up: to pick or scoop somebody or something up
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10. transitive and intransitive verb wrinkle brow: to draw the brow into wrinkles, or be drawn into wrinkles
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11. transitive verb pull fabric together: to draw fabric together in a series of folds along a line of stitching
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12. transitive verb printing put pages in order: to assemble the printed sections of a book in the correct order for binding
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13. transitive verb craft prepare molten glass for blowing: to collect molten glass at the end of a tube for blowing and shaping
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14. intransitive verb medicine form pus-filled head: to form and fill with pus
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noun (plural gath·ers) |
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1. fold in fabric: one in a series of folds in fabric
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2. craft molten glass ball: a ball of molten glass collected on a tube for blowing and shaping
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| [ Old English gaderian< Indo-European, "bring together"] |
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| gath·er·er noun |
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