gather

gath·er (g

v. gath·ered, gath·er·ing, gath·ers

v.tr.

1. To cause to come together; convene: The teacher gathered the students around the exhibit.

a. To accumulate (something) gradually; amass: The top of the bookshelf gathered dust.

b. To harvest or pick: gather flowers; gather wild foods.

3. To gain by a process of gradual increase: gather speed.

4. To collect into one place; assemble.

5. To pick up and enfold: gathered the kittens into her arms.

6. Printing To arrange (signatures) in sequence for bookbinding.

a. To draw into small folds or puckers, as by pulling a thread through cloth.

b. To contract and wrinkle (the brow).

8. To draw about or bring (one thing) closer to something else: gathered the shawl about my shoulders.

9. To conclude; infer: I gather that a decision has not been reached.

10. To summon up; muster: gathered up his courage.

11. To attract or be a center of attraction for: The parade gathered a large crowd.

v.intr.

1. To come together in a group; assemble: A crowd gathered in the lobby.

2. To accumulate: Dark clouds are gathering.

3. To grow or increase by degrees.

4. To come to a head, as a boil; fester.

5. To forage for wild foodstuffs.

a. The act or an instance of gathering.

b. A quantity gathered.

2. A small fold or pucker made by gathering cloth.

[Middle English getheren, gaderen, from Old English gadrian; see ghedh- in Indo-European roots.]

gather·er n.

Synonyms: gather, collect¹, assemble, congregate, accumulate, amass
These verbs mean to bring or come together in a group or aggregate. Gather is the most widely applicable: I gathered sticks for the fire. Clouds gathered in the evening sky.
Collect
frequently refers to the careful selection of like or related things that become part of an organized whole: She collects stamps as a hobby. Tears collected in his eyes.
Assemble implies a definite and usually close relationship. With respect to persons, the term suggests convening out of common interest or purpose: Assembling an able staff was more difficult than expected. The reporters assembled for the press conference.
With respect to things, assemble implies gathering and fitting together components: The curator is assembling an interesting exhibit of Stone Age artifacts.
Congregate refers chiefly to the coming together of a large number of persons or animals: The students congregated after class to compare notes.
Accumulate applies to the increase of like or related things over an extended period: They accumulated enough capital to invest. Old newspapers accumulated in the basement.
Amass refers to the collection or accumulation of things, often valuable things, to form an imposing quantity: Their families had amassed great fortunes. Rocks had amassed at the bottom of the glacier. See Also Synonyms at reap.

gather [ˈgæðə]

1. to assemble or cause to assemble

2. to collect or be collected gradually; muster

3. (tr) to learn from information given; conclude or assume

4. (tr) to pick or harvest (flowers, fruit, etc.)

5. (tr; foll by to or into) to clasp or embrace the mother gathered the child into her arms

6. (tr) to bring close (to) or wrap (around) she gathered her shawl about her shoulders

7. to increase or cause to increase gradually, as in force, speed, intensity, etc.

8. to contract (the brow) or (of the brow) to become contracted into wrinkles; knit

9. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to assemble (sections of a book) in the correct sequence for binding

10. (tr) to collect by making a selection

11. (tr) to prepare or make ready to gather one's wits

12. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to draw (material) into a series of small tucks or folds by passing a thread through it and then pulling it tight

13. (Medicine / Pathology) (intr) (of a boil or other sore) to come to a head; form pus

a. the act of gathering

b. the amount gathered

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a small fold in material, as made by a tightly pulled stitch; tuck

3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing an informal name for section [17]

[Old English gadrian; related to Old Frisian gaderia, Middle Low German gaderen]

gatherable adj

gatherer n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	gather - sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching gathering stitchery, sewing - needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"
	2.	gather - the act of gathering something gathering assembling, collecting, aggregation, collection - the act of gathering something together centralisation, centralization - gathering to a center harvest home, harvesting, harvest - the gathering of a ripened crop
Verb	1.	gather - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" pull together, collect, garner mobilize, marshal, mobilise, summon - make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" rake - gather with a rake; "rake leaves" glean, harvest, reap - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" club - gather into a club-like mass; "club hair" hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm" salvage, scavenge - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" muster, muster up, rally, summon, come up - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" round up - seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers" cull, pick, pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" nut - gather nuts snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer" bird-nest, birdnest - gather birdnests; "They went birdnesting in the early morning" nest - gather nests oyster - gather oysters, dig oysters sponge - gather sponges, in the ocean pearl - gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean clam - gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean shock - collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain" heap up, stack up, pile up - arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room" gather up, lift up, pick up - take and lift upward spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"
	2.	gather - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" foregather, forgather, assemble, meet aggroup, group - form a group or group together meet - meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?" encounter, meet, run across, come across, run into, see - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" congregate - come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve" hive - move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving" fort, fort up - gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense convene - meet formally; "The council convened last week" cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" converge - move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star" interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" turn out - come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York" caucus - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy club - gather and spend time together; "They always club together"
	3.	gather - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up, accumulate increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" backlog - accumulate and create a backlog accrete - grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion" drift - be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
	4.	gather - conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework" conclude, reason, reason out - decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
	5.	gather - draw together into folds or puckers pucker, tuck sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework
	6.	gather - get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members" get together, assemble make - form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"
	7.	gather - draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders" pull - apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
	8.	gather - look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall" look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" shell - look for and collect shells by the seashore
	9.	gather - increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed" gain increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

gather

verb

1. congregate, assemble, get together, collect, group, meet, mass, rally, flock, come together, muster, convene, converge, rendezvous, foregather In the evenings, we gathered round the fire and talked.
congregate separate, scatter, disperse

2. assemble, group, collect, round up, marshal, bring together, muster, convene, call together He called to her to gather the children together.
assemble separate, scatter, disperse, diffuse, dissipate

3. collect, assemble, accumulate, round up, mass, heap, marshal, bring together, muster, pile up, garner, amass, stockpile, hoard, stack up She started gathering up her things.

4. pick, harvest, pluck, reap, garner, glean The people lived by fishing, gathering nuts and fruits, and hunting.

5. build up, rise, increase, grow, develop, expand, swell, intensify, wax, heighten, deepen, enlarge, thicken Storm clouds were gathering in the distance.

6. muster, collect, assemble, summon, call up, marshal, call together You must gather your strength for the journey.

7. understand, believe, hear, learn, assume, take it, conclude, presume, be informed, infer, deduce, surmise, be led to believe I gather his report is highly critical of the project.

8. fold, tuck, pleat, ruffle, pucker, shirr Gather the skirt at the waist.

Translations

gather [ˈgæðəʳ]

A. VT

1. (also gather together) [+ people, objects] → reunir, juntar (also gather up) [+ pins, sticks, etc] → recoger; [+ harvest, crop] → recoger, recolectar; [+ flowers] → coger, recoger(LAm); [+ information] → reunir, recopilar; [+ hair] → recoger (Sew) → fruncir; [+ taxes] → recaudar
we gathered enough firewood to last the night → reunimos leña suficiente para toda la noche
to gather dust → acumular polvo
to gather one's thoughts (together) → ordenar sus pensamientos
she gathered her coat around her → se envolvió en su abrigo

2. (= gain) to gather speed → ir ganando or adquiriendo velocidad
to gather strength → cobrar fuerzas

3. to gather that (= understand) → tener entendido que; (= discover) → enterarse de que
as you will have gathered → se habrá dado cuenta de que ...
as far as I could gather → hasta donde pude enterarme
I gather from him that → según lo que me dice ...
what are we to gather from this? → ¿qué consecuencia sacamos de esto?

B. VI

1. [people] (also gather together) → reunirse, juntarse, congregarse; (= crowd together) → amontonarse; [dust] → acumularse; [clouds] → acumularse, cerrarse
they gathered in the doorway → se apiñaron en la entrada

2. (Med) → formar pus

C. N (Sew) → frunce m

gather in VT + ADV [+ harvest, crops] → recoger, recolectar; [+ taxes] → recaudar
to gather in the harvest/crops → recoger la cosecha, cosechar

gather round VI + ADV & VI + PREP to gather round (sb) → agruparse alrededor(de algn)
gather round! → ¡acercaos!

gather together

A. VT + ADV → reunir, juntar

B. VI + ADV → reunirse, juntarse, congregarse

gather up VT + ADV → recoger

gather [ˈgæðə^r]

[+ flowers, fruit] → cueillir

(= pick up) → ramasser

[+ information, data] → recueillir

to gather one's thoughts → se concentrer
to gather one's wits → rassembler ses esprits

(= assemble) [+ people] → rassembler, réunir

(= get the impression) to gather that ... → conclure que ...
Did you gather she was shocked? → Est-ce que vous en avez conclu qu'elle était choquée?
I gather (that) she ... → D'après ce que j'ai compris, elle ...
I gather she's been ill → D'après ce que j'ai compris, elle a été malade.
to gather from sth [+ expression, tone of voice] → déduire de qch

to gather dust → prendre la poussière

(= increase) to gather speed → prendre de la vitesse
The train gathered speed → Le train a pris de la vitesse.
to gather momentum → gagner du terrain
to gather force → devenir plus fort

(SEWING) [+ waist, sleeve] → faire des fronces à

(= assemble) → se rassembler
People gathered in front of Buckingham Palace → Les gens se sont rassemblés devant Buckingham Palace.

[dust] → s'amasser

[clouds] → s'amonceler

(= understand) → comprendre
as far as I can gather → d'après ce que j'ai compris

gather round

vi [people] → se rapprocher
Gather round everybody! → Rapprochez-vous, tout le monde!

vt [+ person, thing] → se rassembler autour de

gather up

vt → ramasser

gather

(= collect, bring together) → sammeln; crowd, people → versammeln; flowers, cultivated fruit → pflücken; potatoes, corn etc → ernten; harvest → einbringen; taxes → einziehen; support → gewinnen; (= collect up) broken glass, pins etc → zusammenlegen, aufsammeln; one’s belongings, books, clothes → (zusammen)packen; to gather one’s strength → Kräfte sammeln; to gather one’s thoughts → seine Gedanken ordnen, sich sammeln; velvet curtains gather dust/dirt → Samtvorhänge sind Staub-/Schmutzfänger; it just sat there gathering dust → es stand nur da und verstaubte; the serial gathered a huge audience → die Serie gewann ein riesiges Publikum

(= increase) to gather speed → schneller werden, an Geschwindigkeit gewinnen; to gather strength → stärker werden

(= infer) → schließen (from aus); I gathered that → das dachte ich mir; I gather from the papers that he has … → wie ich aus den Zeitungen ersehe, hat er …; from what or as far as I can gather → (so) wie ich es sehe; I gather his report is very detailed → ich nehme an, dass sein Bericht sehr detailliert ist; I gather she won’t be coming → ich nehme an, dass sie nicht kommt; as you will have/might have gathered … → wie Sie bestimmt/vielleicht bemerkt haben …; as can be gathered from my report → wie aus meinem Bericht hervorgeht or zu ersehen ist

to gather somebody into one’s arms → jdn in die Arme nehmen or schließen; he gathered her to him → er zog sie an sich; she gathered her mink around her → sie hüllte sich in ihren Nerz

(Sew) → kräuseln, raffen; (at seam) → fassen

(Typ) → zusammentragen, kollationieren (spec)

(= collect, people) → sich versammeln; (objects, dust etc) → sich (an)sammeln; (clouds) → sich zusammenziehen; (storm) → sich zusammenbrauen; tears gathered in her eyes → ihre Augen füllten sich mit Tränen

(= increase: darkness, force etc) → zunehmen (→ in an +dat)

(abscess etc) → sich mit Eiter füllen; (pus) → sich sammeln

n (Sew) → Fältchen nt; there were gathers at the waist (of the skirt) → der Rock war in der Taille gekräuselt or gerafft or gefasst

gather [ˈgæðəʳ]

1. vt

a. (also gather together) (people) → radunare, riunire; (objects) → raccogliere, radunare (also gather up) (papers, possessions) → raccogliere (also gather in) (material) → riprendere, increspare; (taxes) → riscuotere
to gather the harvest → fare il raccolto
to gather dust → raccogliere polvere
to gather one's thoughts/strength → raccogliere i propri pensieri/le proprie forze
she gathered her mink around her → si avvolse nel visone

b. (gain) to gather speed → prendere or acquistare velocità
to gather strength (wind, waves) → aumentare d'intensità

c. (understand) to gather (from/that) → comprendere (da/che), dedurre (da/che)
I gather (that) you are leaving → ho saputo che parti
as you will have gathered → come avrai indovinato
as far as I can gather → da quel che ho potuto capire
from what he says I gather that ... → da quel che dice mi pare di capire che...

2. vi (people) (also gather together) → raccogliersi, radunarsi; (crowd) → assembrarsi; (dust) → accumularsi; (clouds) → addensarsi

gather round vi + adv → radunarsi

gather [ˈgæðəʳ]

1. vt

b. (gain) to gather speed → prendere or acquistare velocità
to gather strength (wind, waves) → aumentare d'intensità

2. vi (people) (also gather together) → raccogliersi, radunarsi; (crowd) → assembrarsi; (dust) → accumularsi; (clouds) → addensarsi

gather round vi + adv → radunarsi

gather

v gather [ˈgӕðə]

1 to (cause to) come together in one place A crowd of people gathered near the accident. saamdrom يَحْتَشِد، يَتَجَمَّع събирам се shromáždit se samle sig; samles versammeln συγκεντρώνω, συγκεντρώνομαι, μαζεύω, μαζεύομαι reunir(se), juntar(se), congregarse koguma, kogunema گرد آمدن kokoontua (s')assembler, (se) rassembler לְכַנֵס इकठ्ठा करना okupiti se (össze)gyűjt; (össze)gyűlik berkumpul safnast saman radunarsi 集まる …을 (끌어) 모으다 su(si)rinkti sapulcēties; sapulcināt berkumpul (doen) bijeenkomen samle(s) zbierać się reunir-se a se strânge, a se aduna собираться zhromaždiť sa zbrati se okupiti se []samlas ชุมนุม topla(n)mak (使)聚集 збиратися; скупчуватися اکٹھا کرنا tụ họp; tập hợp 聚集

2 to learn (from what has been seen, heard etc) I gather you are leaving tomorrow. verstaan, lei af يَفْهَم، يَسْتَنْتِج подразбирам zjistit, dovídat se forstå folgern συνάγω, συμπεραίνω deducir; tener entendido järeldama درک کردن ymmärtää conclure לִצבּוֹר बटोरना, क्रम संग्रह करना shvatiti, razabrati kivesz menyimpulkan álykta dedurre 推測する …을 (관찰해서) 알다 suprasti secināt dapat tahu begrijpen anta, forstå domyślać się presumir a trage concluzia делать вывод dozvedieť sa, usúdiť sklepati misliti förstå เก็บเกี่ยว anlamak 猜想，推測 робити висновок مشاہدے سے سیکھنا hiểu; suy ra 推测

3 to collect or get He gathered strawberries from the garden; to gather information. bymekaar maak يَجْمَع бера sebrat, sklidit samle sammeln μαζεύω recoger; recolectar korjama جمع آوری کردن kerätä cueillir לֶאֱסוֹף परिणाम निकालना skupljati, dobivati begyűjt, szed mengumpulkan tína raccogliere 採取する 수확하다 (su)rinkti ievākt, iegūt (informāciju); plūkt (puķes); vākt (ražu) mengumpulkan vergaren sanke, samle, plukke zbierać apanhar a strânge, a culege собирать trhať, zbierať nabirati skupljati samla สะสม toplamak 採集，收集 збирати جمع کرنا یا حاصل کرنا thu thập; thu hoạch 采集

4 to pull (material) into small folds and stitch together She gathered the skirt at the waist. intrek يَضُم أجْزاء من الثَّوْب набирам плат nabrat, nařasit rynke kräuseln σουρώνω fruncir krookima چین دار کردن rypyttää froncer לַעֲשוֹת קְפָלִים मोड़ना skupiti, vući összehúz melipat rykkja increspare ひだを取る 주름을 잡다 suraukti, suklostyti sakrokot (audumu) membuat kedutan rimpelen rynke zmarszczyć preguear a plisa собирать в складки nariasiť nabrati nabirati rynka เย็บเข้าไป plise/büzgü yapmak 將(布料)褶起並縫合 збирати в складки لباس میں پلیٹیں ڈالنا gấp (quần áo) 打褶

a fold in material, a piece of clothing etc. plooie طَيَّة الثَّوْب набор на плат zřasení rynke die Falte σούρα frunce, fruncido krooge چین poimu fronce קֶפֶל कपड़े की तह nabor redő lipatan rykking crespa ひだ 주름 rauktė, klostė (tērpa) krokas kedut lepas plooi rynking, rynker fałd(k)a prega pliseu сборка; складка záhyby guba nabor rynka, veck พับจีบ plise, büzgü (布料、衣服的)褶子 зборки, складки لباس کی پلیٹ nếp gấp ở quần áo 皱褶

n gathering

a meeting of people a family gathering. byeenkoms تَجَمُّع، إلتِقاء събрание shromáždění samling; forsamling die Versammlung συγκέντρωση, σύναξη reunión koosviibimine, kogunemine گردهمایی kokous réunion כֶּנֶס भीड़ okupljanje, skup összejövetel pertemuan samkoma raduno 集まり 모임 suėjimas, susibūrimas sanāksme; sapulce perjumpaan bijeenkomst (for)samling, selskap, sammenkomst zgromadzenie reunião reuniune собрание; встреча zhromaždenie srečanje okupljanje sammankomst, möte การประชุม,การชุมนุม,การรวม,การรวบรวม toplantı 集會，聚會 збори اجتماع cuộc hội họp 集会

gather round

to come together around a person, thing etc Will everyone please gather round? nader staan يَتَجَمَّع حَوْل събирам се около shromáždit se kolem samles om sich versammeln um συγκεντρώνομαι γύρω από κπ. ή κτ. reunirse en torno (a) (kellegi, millegi) ümber kogunema دور چیزی جمع شدن kokoontua se rassembler autour (de) לְהִתאַסֵף सभा, जमाव okružiti vki, vmi köré gyűlik berkumpul safnast í kringum raccogliersi intorno まわりに集まる 돕기 위해 모이다 susirinkti aplink sapulcēties (ap kādu/kaut ko) berkumpul samenkomen samle seg rundt zebrać się wokół juntar-se a se strange în jurul cuiva собираться вокруг zhromaždiť sa okolo priti bliže, zbrati se okrog okupiti se samlas runt ห้อมล้อม etrafına toplanmak 靠攏並圍在(某人或某物)周圍 збиратися کیس کے ارد گرد جمع ہونا tập trung 聚拢

gather together

to come or bring together, in a group He gathered his books and papers together. bymekaar vat يُجَمِّع събирам sebrat samle sammen zusammensammeln μαζεύω σε σωρό reunir, juntar kokku korjama, kogunema کنار هم جمع کردن kerätä yhteen (se) rassembler לֶאֱסוֹף साथ-साथ एकत्र करना prikupiti összegyűjt; összegyűlik mengumpulkan safna(st) saman radunare まとめる 함께 모이다 su(si)rinkti savākt kopā mengumpulkan bijeenkomen, bijeenzoeken samle sammen/opp zebrać (do kupy) reunir a grupa собирать(ся) вместе zozbierať zbrati skupaj spojiti samla ihop รวบรวม toplamak 聚集成一群，收集在一起 збирати ایک گروہ میں اکٹھا کرنا thu thập lại 收集在一起

gather → يَجتمِع nashromáždit (se) samle versammeln συγκεντρώνω congregar, congregarse kerätä yhteen rassembler skupiti raccogliere 集める ...을 (끌어) 모으다 verzamelen samle zebrać juntar собирать samla จัดรวม toplanmak tập hợp 聚集

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