Definition of gather

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Gather (v. i.) To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered..

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Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc..
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
Gather :: 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..
Centre :: Centre (v. i.) To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center..
Mylodon :: Mylodon (n.) An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium..
Collective :: Collective (a.) Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation..
Powpow :: Powpow (n.) Hence: Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.
Crop :: Crop (n.) Anything cut off or gathered.
Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding..
Sponger :: Sponger (n.) One employed in gathering sponges.
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.
Oystering :: Oystering (n.) Gathering, or dredging for, oysters..
Gatherable :: Gatherable (a.) Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises.
Regather :: Regather (v. t.) To gather again.
Congregate :: Congregate (v. t.) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact..
Gathering :: Gathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gathe.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle..
Furbelow :: Furbelow (n.) A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Ingathering :: Ingathering (n.) The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest..
Blowtube :: Blowtube (n.) A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of metal (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe..
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