| VERB | contact | gather, garner, collect, pull together | assemble or get together |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | gather, meet, assemble, forgather, foregather | collect in one place | |
| change | gather, accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, amass | collect or gather | |
| communication | gather | conclude from evidence | |
| contact | gather, pucker, tuck | draw together into folds or puckers | |
| social | gather, assemble, get together | get people together | |
| contact | gather | draw and bring closer | |
| contact | gather | look for (food) in nature | |
| change | gather, gain | increase / increase or develop | |
| NOUN | artifact | gather, gathering | sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching |
| act | gather, gathering | the act of gathering something |
| Sounds | gae'dher | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | altogether ... zither: 43 rhymes with dher... | |
| Meaning | Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | gathering | |
| Broader | sewing, stitchery | Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread |
| Spanish | cogida, frunce | |
| Catalan | frunzit, recollida | |
| Verbs | gather | draw together into folds or puckers |
| Meaning | The act of gathering something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | gathering | |
| Narrower | centralization, centralisation | gathering to a center |
| harvest, harvesting, harvest home | The gathering of a ripened crop | |
| Broader | collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation | The act of gathering something together |
| Spanish | cogida | |
| Catalan | collita | |
| Verbs | gather | assemble or get together |
| gather | look for (food) in nature | |
| Meaning | Assemble or get together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "gather some stones" | |
| Synonyms | garner, collect, pull together | |
| Entailed by | collate | To assemble in proper sequence |
| Narrower | birdnest, bird-nest | Gather birdnests |
| 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 |
| Opposite | spread, distribute | Distribute or disperse widely |
| Spanish | colectar, congregar, ensamblar, juntar, ordenar, recoger, recolectar, recopilar, reunir | |
| Catalan | ajuntar, aplegar, arreplegar, collir, congregar, recol·lectar, recollir, recopilar, reunir | |
| Participle | gathered | brought together in one place |
| ungathered | not brought together in one place | |
| Nouns | gather | the act of gathering something |
| Meaning | Collect or gather. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, amass | |
| Narrower | accrete | Grow or become attached by accretion |
| backlog | accumulate and create a backlog | |
| drift | Be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Spanish | acumularse, acumular, amontonarse, amontonar, conglomerar, congregar | |
| Catalan | acumular-se, acumular, ajuntar, amuntegar-se, congregar, juntar-se, recol·lectar, reunir-se | |
| Nouns | gathering | the act of gathering something |
| Meaning | conclude from evidence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "I gather you have not done your homework" | |
| Broader | reason, reason out, conclude | decide by reasoning |
| Spanish | deducir, inferir | |
| Meaning | Draw together into folds or puckers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | pucker, tuck | |
| Broader | sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
| Spanish | fruncir | |
| Nouns | gather, gathering | sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching |
| Meaning | get people together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to gather the prisoners | |
| Example | "gather the close family members" | |
| Synonyms | assemble, get together | |
| Cause to | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
| Narrower | make | form by assembling individuals or constituents |
| Spanish | agruparse, concentrar, congregarse, congregar, juntarse, juntar, recoger, reunirse, reunir | |
| Catalan | agrupar-se, ajuntar-se, ajuntar, amuntegar-se, amuntegar, concentrar, congregar-se, congregar, juntar-se, reunir-se, reunir | |
| Nouns | gathering | the social act of assembling |
| gathering | a group of persons together in one place | |
| Meaning | Draw and bring closer. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders" | |
| Broader | pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion |
| Meaning | look for (food) in nature. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall" | |
| Narrower | shell | look for and collect shells by the seashore |
| Broader | search, seek, look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
| Nouns | gather | the act of gathering something |
| gatherer | a person who gathers | |
| Meaning | increase / increase or develop. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the car gathers speed" | |
| Synonym | gain | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Spanish | congregar | |
| Catalan | congregar, guanyar | |
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