Definition of gather

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Gather (v. t.) 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..

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Regather :: Regather (v. t.) To gather again.
Bookmaker :: Bookmaker (n.) One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) 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..
Gather :: Gather (n.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7..
Shirred :: Shirred (a.) Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet..
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (v. t.) To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
Racemation :: Racemation (n.) Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.
Conglobe :: Conglobe (v. t. ) To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.
Glomerate :: Glomerate (v. t. & i.) To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle..
Simple :: Simple (v. i.) To gather simples, or medicinal plants..
Reap :: Reap (v. t.) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting..
Fresh :: Fresh (superl) Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) 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..
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
Gather :: Gather (v. i.) To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
Bloomer :: Bloomer (n.) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat..
Cumulate :: Cumulate (v. t.) To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.
Gleaner :: Gleaner (n.) One who gathers after reapers.
Picker :: Picker (n.) One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker..
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