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Gathering
Definitions
- 1 That gathers together. not-comparable
"She was worried by the gathering stormclouds."
- 1 A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
"I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists."
- 2 the act of gathering something wordnet
- 3 A group of people or things.
"a gathering of Catholics"
- 4 the social act of assembling wordnet
- 5 A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
"This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation."
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- 6 sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching wordnet
- 7 A charitable contribution; a collection.
- 8 a group of persons together in one place wordnet
- 9 The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature. uncountable
"The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns."
- 10 A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
- 1 present participle and gerund of gather form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).
From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather + -ing (present participle ending).
From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather + -ing (present participle ending).
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