English > gather: 11 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Assemble or get together. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "gather some stones" |
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| Synonyms | garner, collect, pull together |
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| Entailed by | collate | To assemble in proper sequence |
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| Narrower | birdnest, bird-nest | Gather birdnests |
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| clam | Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean |
| club | Gather into a club-like mass |
| hive | Gather into a hive |
| mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon | make ready for action or use |
| muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up | Gather or bring together |
| nest | Gather nests |
| nut | Gather nuts |
| oyster | Gather oysters, dig oysters |
| pearl | Gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean |
| pick, pluck, cull | look for and gather |
| pile up, heap up, stack up | Arrange into piles or stacks |
| rake | Gather with a rake |
| reap, harvest, glean | Gather, as of natural products |
| round up | seek out and bring together |
| salvage, scavenge | Collect discarded or refused material |
| shock | Collect or gather into shocks |
| snail | Gather snails |
| sponge | Gather sponges, in the ocean |
| See also | gather up | take and lift upward |
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| Opposite | spread, distribute | Distribute or disperse widely |
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| Spanish | colectar, congregar, ensamblar, juntar, ordenar, recoger, recolectar, recopilar, reunir |
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| Catalan | ajuntar, aplegar, arreplegar, collir, congregar, recol·lectar, recollir, recopilar, reunir |
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| Participle | gathered | brought together in one place |
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| ungathered | not brought together in one place |
| Nouns | gather | the act of gathering something |
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English > gather: 11 senses > verb 2, social| Meaning | Collect in one place. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "Let's gather in the dining room" |
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| Synonyms | meet, assemble, forgather, foregather |
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| Caused by | assemble, gather, get together | get people together |
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| call | Call a meeting |
| Entailed by | adjourn, withdraw, retire | break from a meeting or gathering |
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| Narrower | caucus | meet to select a candidate or promote a policy |
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| club | Gather and spend time together |
| cluster, constellate, flock, clump | Come together as in a cluster or flock |
| congregate | Come together, usually for a purpose |
| convene | meet formally |
| converge | Move or draw together at a certain location |
| crowd, crowd together | To gather together in large numbers |
| fort, fort up | Gather in, or as if in, a fort / fort, as for protection or defense |
| group, aggroup | form a group or group together |
| hive | Move together in a hive / hive or as if in a hive / hive |
| meet | meet by design |
| turn out | Come and gather for a public event |
| Broader | interact | Act together or towards others or with others |
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| Similar to | meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see | Come together |
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| Spanish | amontonarse, armar, citar, coincidir, concentrar, congregarse, congregar, juntarse, juntar, reunirse, reunir |
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| Catalan | agrupar-se, amuntegar-se, armar, citar, coincidir, concentrar, congregar-se, congregar, juntar-se, reunir-se, reunir |
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| Nouns | gathering | the social act of assembling |
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| gathering | a group of persons together in one place |
