5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gather \Gath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gathered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Gathering}.] [OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr.
gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d fellowship; akin to E.
good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate,
also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a sister's son. [root]29. See
{Good}, and cf. {Together}.]
1. 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.
And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty
and her chivalry. --Byron.
When he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together. --Matt. ii. 4.
2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
pick off; to pluck.
A rose just gathered from the stalk. --Dryden.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
--Matt. vii.
16.
Gather us from among the heathen. --Ps. cvi. 47.
3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
to amass; to gain; to heap up.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
the poor. --Prov.
xxviii. 8.
To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
degrees. --Locke.
4. 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.
Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In
act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
--Pope.
5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
that prove; to infer; to conclude.
Let me say no more? Gather the sequel by that went
before. --Shak.
6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
7. (Arch.) 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.
8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
a rope.
{To be gathered} {to one's people, or to one's fathers} to
die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
{To gather breath}, to recover normal breathing after being
out of breath; to get breath; to rest. --Spenser.
{To gather one's self together}, to collect and dispose one's
powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
to a leap.
{To gather way} (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
increasing speed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gather \Gath"er\, n.
1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through
it; a pucker.
2. (Carriage Making) The inclination forward of the axle
journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
3. (Arch.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry
required in gathering. See {Gather}, v. t., 7.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gather \Gath"er\, v. i.
1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become
assembled; to congregate.
When small humors gather to a gout. --Pope.
Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in
the heart, and gather to the eyes. --Tennyson.
2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
Their snowball did not gather as it went. --Bacon.
3. To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate
pus; as, a boil has gathered.
4. To collect or bring things together.
Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and
gather where I have not strewed. --Matt. xxv.
26.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gather
n 1: sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling
tight a thread in a line of stitching [syn: {gathering}]
2: the act of gathering something [syn: {gathering}]
v 1: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
thoughts together" [syn: {garner}, {collect}, {pull
together}] [ant: {spread}]
2: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
"Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {meet}, {assemble},
{forgather}, {foregather}]
3: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
"The work keeps piling up" [syn: {accumulate}, {cumulate},
{conglomerate}, {pile up}, {amass}]
4: conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your
homework"
5: draw fabric together and sew it tightly [syn: {pucker}, {tuck}]
6: get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get
together all those who are interested in the project";
"gather the close family members" [syn: {assemble}, {get
together}]
7: look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in
the Fall"
From eng-fra [engfra]:
gather
[gæðər]
déduire
collectionner, ramasser, rassembler, recueillir
conclure
réunir