Definitions for gather

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gather gath·er

Spelling: [gath -er]

IPA: /ˈgæð ər/

Gather is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in gather (aeghrt).

Definitions for gather

noun

1. a drawing together; contraction.
2. Often, gathers. a fold or pucker, as in gathered cloth.
3. an act or instance of gathering.
4. an amount or number gathered, as during a harvest.
5. Glassmaking. a mass of molten glass attached to the end of a punty.

Idioms

1. be gathered to one's fathers, to die.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring together into one group, collection, or place:
2. to bring together or assemble from various places, sources, or people; collect gradually:
3. to serve as a center of attention for; attract:
4. to pick or harvest (any crop or natural yield) from its place of growth or formation:
5. to pick up piece by piece:
6. to pick or scoop up:
7. to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.).
8. to accumulate; increase:
9. to take by selection from among other things; sort out; cull.
10. to assemble or collect (one's energies or oneself) as for an effort (often followed by up):
11. to learn or conclude from observation; infer; deduce:
12. to wrap or draw around or close:
13. to contract (the brow) into wrinkles.
14. to draw (cloth) up on a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches.
15. Bookbinding. to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding.
16. Nautical. to gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed.
17. Metalworking. to increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations.
18. Glassmaking. to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc.

verb (used without object)

1. to come together around a central point; assemble:
2. to collect or accumulate:
3. to grow, as by accretion; increase.
4. to become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth.
5. to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating.

Origin of gather

before 900; Middle English gaderen, Old English gaderian, derivative of geador together, akin to gæd fellowship; cf. together, good

Examples for gather

But as I gather it, after you shot Bill Dozier you simply sat on your horse and waited.

Cabinet ministers of the day gather to review the names and the allegations.

He said "It is Light" and he used the rays of the early sun to gather food for his family.

She is being prepared, as nearly as I can gather, to receive a proposal of marriage.

They gather and sleep in open fields, surrounded by nature and the stillness of the night.

The land involved is sacred to them and used to gather acorns for religious ceremonies.

We gather this simply from the opinions we had previously formed of the authors.

Close on our right a twig snapped and I began to gather myself for the spring.

And who else would let them gather dust in some drawer for nearly 50 years?

I have never been to the Matzo Ball, but I gather the vibes are different.