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    gath·er
    [ˈɡaT͟Hər]
    verb
    gather (verb) · gathers (third person present) · gathered (past tense) · gathered (past participle) · gathering (present participle)
    1. come together; assemble or accumulate:
      "a crowd gathered in the square"
    2. bring together and take in from scattered places or sources:
      "we have gathered the information"
      • pick up from the ground or a surface:
        "they gathered up the dirty plates and cups"
      • collect (grain or other crops) as a harvest:
        "the harvest of wheat and barley had been gathered in"
      • collect plants, fruits, etc., for food:
        "the Bushmen live by hunting and gathering"
      • draw together or toward oneself:
        "she gathered the child in her arms"
    3. develop a higher degree of:
      "the green movement is gathering pace"
    4. infer; understand:
      "her clients were, I gathered, a prosperous group"
    5. summon up (a mental or physical attribute such as one's thoughts or strength) for a purpose:
      "he lay gathering his thoughts together" · "he gathered himself for a tremendous leap"
    6. draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it:
      "the front is gathered at the waist"
    noun
    (gathers)
    gather (noun) · gathers (plural noun)
    1. a part of a garment that is gathered or drawn in.
    Origin
    Old English gaderian, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaderen, also to together.
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    verb
    1. come together; assemble or accumulate:
      Opposite:
    2. bring together and take in from scattered places or sources:
    3. infer; understand:
    4. summon up (a mental or physical attribute such as one's thoughts or strength) for a purpose:
      Opposite:
    5. draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it:
     
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