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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Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly..
Upgather :: Upgather (v. t.) To gather up; to contract; to draw together.
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
Deduce :: Deduce (v. t.) To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of..
Garner :: Garner (v. t.) To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure..
Woolgathering :: Woolgathering (n.) Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
Gathering :: Gathering (n.) That which is gathered, collected, or brought together.
Gather :: Gather (n.) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
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..
Sheave :: Sheave (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect..
Crop :: Crop (n.) Anything cut off or gathered.
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..
Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) To gather up as with a shovel.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A place where outcast persons or things are gathere.
Agglomerate :: Agglomerate (v. t.) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like 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..
Gather :: Gather (v. i.) To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
Cull :: Cull (v. t.) To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers..
Codder :: Codder (n.) A gatherer of cods or peas.
Muster :: Muster (v. t.) Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
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