Definition of gather

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Gather (v. t.) 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..

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Ladanum :: Ladanum (n.) A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation..
Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..
News-writer :: News-writer (n.) One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters..
Frounce :: Frounce (v. i.) To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair..
Hopping :: Hopping (n.) A gathering of hops.
Shark :: Shark (v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
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..
Harvest :: Harvest (v. t.) To reap or gather, as any crop..
Segregation :: Segregation (n.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process..
Round-up :: Round-up (n.) The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..
Canticoy :: Canticoy (n.) A social gathering; usually, one for dancing..
Shirr :: Shirr (n.) A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging..
Inning :: Inning (n.) Ingathering; harvesting.
Nutter :: Nutter (n.) A gatherer of nuts.
Beal :: Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple..
Organ :: Organ (n.) An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To gain; to win.
Gather :: Gather (n.) A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker..
Mylodon :: Mylodon (n.) An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium..
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