Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Gather

//ˈɡæðə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
2
the act of gathering something wordnet
3
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
4
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching wordnet
5
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather.

Show 2 more definitions

6
A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
7
A gathering.
""I'll tell you all about it at the Gather, win or lose.""

Verb

1
To collect normally separate things.
"I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with."
2
increase or develop wordnet
3
To collect normally separate things.; Especially, to harvest food.
"We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane."
4
increase in amount by collecting or gathering wordnet
5
To collect normally separate things.; To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
"Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs."

Show 18 more definitions

6
conclude from evidence wordnet
7
To collect normally separate things.; To congregate, or assemble. intransitive
"People gathered round as he began to tell his story."
8
look for (food) in nature wordnet
9
To collect normally separate things.; To grow gradually larger by accretion. intransitive
"Their snow-ball did not gather as it went."
10
draw together into folds or puckers wordnet
11
To bring parts of a whole closer.
"She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold."
12
draw and bring closer wordnet
13
To bring parts of a whole closer.; To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
"A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped."
14
assemble or get together wordnet
15
To bring parts of a whole closer.; To bring stitches closer together.
"Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting."
16
collect in one place wordnet
17
To bring parts of a whole closer.; To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
18
get people together wordnet
19
To bring parts of a whole closer.; To haul in; to take up.
"to gather the slack of a rope"
20
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
"From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well."
21
To be filled with pus intransitive
"Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst."
22
To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
23
To gain; to win.
"He gathers ground upon her in the chase."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).

Etymology 2

Next best steps

Find stronger synonyms See usage examples Check pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: gather