Definition of gather

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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..

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Compilation :: Compilation (n.) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents..
Sponger :: Sponger (n.) One employed in gathering sponges.
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
Glomerate :: Glomerate (a.) Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.
Levee :: Levee (n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee..
Dredge :: Dredge (v. t.) To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively..
Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly..
Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..
Blowtube :: Blowtube (n.) A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of metal (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe..
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..
Garner :: Garner (v. t.) To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure..
Smut :: Smut (v. i.) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
Woolgathering :: Woolgathering (a.) Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
Beal :: Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple..
Symposiarch :: Symposiac (n.) A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering..
Prey :: Prey (n.) To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) To gather up as with a shovel.
Compilation :: Compilation (n.) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..
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