gather

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gather
ˈɡaðə Listen
Meanings
verb
  • come together; assemble or accumulate.
    E.g. as soon as a crowd gathered, the police came
  • bring together and take in from scattered places or sources.
    E.g. information that we have gathered about people
  • increase in (speed, force, etc.).
    E.g. the destroyer gathered speed
  • infer; understand.
    E.g. I gathered that they were old friends
  • summon up (a mental or physical attribute) for a purpose.
    E.g. she lay gathering her thoughts together
  • draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it.
    E.g. the front is gathered at the waist
noun
  • a part of a garment that is gathered.

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