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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Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
Straw :: Straw (n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw..
Reap :: Reap (v. t.) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting..
Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
Pack :: Pack (v. i.) To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack..
Shark :: Shark (v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
Agglomerative :: Agglomerative (a.) Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections..
Shirred :: Shirred (a.) Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet..
Slogan :: Slogan (n.) The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry..
Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
Harvest :: Harvest (n.) The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn..
Toller :: Toller (n.) A toll gatherer.
Gathering :: Gathering (n.) That which is gathered, collected, or brought together.
Hive :: Hive (v. t.) To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store..
Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..
Flounce :: Flounce (n.) An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging..
Simple :: Simple (v. i.) To gather simples, or medicinal plants..
Niere :: niere (n.) One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
Nut :: Nut (v. i.) To gather nuts.
Nutting :: Nutting (n.) The act of gathering nuts.
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