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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Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
Cumulate :: Cumulate (v. t.) To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.
Regather :: Regather (v. t.) To gather again.
Congregation :: Congregation (n.) An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet..
Stroking :: Stroking (n.) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
Powpow :: Powpow (n.) Hence: Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.
Friezed :: Friezed (a.) Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2..
Vindemiation :: Vindemiation (n.) The operation of gathering grapes.
Dredge :: Dredge (n.) Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea..
Hop :: Hop (v. i.) To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.].
Brush :: Brush (n.) To remove or gather by brushing, or by an act like that of brushing, or by passing lightly over, as wind; -- commonly with off..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To gain; to win.
Math :: Math (n.) A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath..
Beal :: Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple..
Gathering :: Gathering (n.) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (v. t.) To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
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..
Frounce :: Frounce (n.) An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill..
Gather :: Gather (v. i.) To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered..
Vindemiate :: Vindemiate (v. i.) To gather the vintage.
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