Definition of gather

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Gather (v. t.) To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle..

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Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like..
Collection :: Collection (n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens..
Crust :: Crust (v. i.) To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate..
Agglomerative :: Agglomerative (a.) Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections..
Fair :: Fair (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade..
Upgather :: Upgather (v. t.) To gather up; to contract; to draw together.
Conglomeration :: Conglomeration (n.) The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc..
Furbelow :: Furbelow (n.) A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow..
Slogan :: Slogan (n.) The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry..
Sponger :: Sponger (n.) One employed in gathering sponges.
Decerp :: Decerp (v. t.) To pluck off; to crop; to gather.
Manna :: Manna (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food..
Gleaning :: Gleaning (n.) The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.
Gathering :: Gathering (n.) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Nutter :: Nutter (n.) A gatherer of nuts.
Math :: Math (n.) A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath..
Megatheroid :: Megatheroid (n.) One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc..
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