Definition of gather

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Gather (v. i.) To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered..

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Hive :: Hive (v. t.) To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store..
Powpow :: Powpow (n.) Hence: Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering.
Gathering :: Gathering (a.) Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
Prey :: Prey (n.) To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
Crust :: Crust (v. i.) To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
Muster :: Muster (v. i.) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force..
Sponger :: Sponger (n.) One employed in gathering sponges.
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
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..
Bloomer :: Bloomer (n.) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat..
Woolgathering :: Woolgathering (a.) Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee..
Forgather :: Forgather (v. i.) To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.
Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment..
Ball :: Ball (v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls..
Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
Collect :: Collect (v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
Oystering :: Oystering (n.) Gathering, or dredging for, oysters..
Compilation :: Compilation (n.) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents..
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