Definition of gather

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Gather (v. t.) To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.

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Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding..
Gather :: Gather (v. i.) To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
Ingathering :: Ingathering (n.) The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest..
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted..
Florilege :: Florilege (n.) The act of gathering flowers.
Capitate :: Capitate (a.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.
Nucleate :: Nucleate (v. t.) To gather, as about a nucleus or center..
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering..
Forgather :: Forgather (v. i.) To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.
Gather :: Gather (n.) A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker..
Flounce :: Flounce (n.) An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging..
Conglomeration :: Conglomeration (n.) The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass.
Niere :: niere (n.) One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
Math :: Math (n.) A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath..
Buffet :: Buffet (n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering..
Medlar :: Medlar (n.) A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay..
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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