Definition of gather

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Gather (v. i.) To grow larger by accretion; to increase.

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Pucker :: Pucker (v. t. & i.) To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth..
Gather :: Gather (n.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7..
Oystering :: Oystering (n.) Gathering, or dredging for, oysters..
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (a.) Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light..
Smut :: Smut (v. i.) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
Crust :: Crust (v. i.) To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
Ingathering :: Ingathering (n.) The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest..
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with..
Powpow :: Powpow (n.) Hence: Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.
Bee :: Bee (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow..
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..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill..
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc..
Florilege :: Florilege (n.) The act of gathering flowers.
Fair :: Fair (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade..
Cumulate :: Cumulate (v. t.) To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.
Collection :: Collection (n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens..
Conglobe :: Conglobe (v. t. ) To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.
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