Definitionen
1.VerbTo collect normally separate things."I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.; She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.; We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.; Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.; People gathered round as he began to tell his story."
2.VerbEspecially, to harvest food."We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane."
3.VerbTo accumulate over time, to amass little by little."Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs."
4.VerbTo congregate, or assemble."People gathered round as he began to tell his story."
5.VerbTo grow gradually larger by accretion.
6.VerbTo bring parts of a whole closer."She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.; A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.; Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.; If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.; to gather the slack of a rope"
7.VerbTo add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width."A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped."
8.VerbTo bring stitches closer together."Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.; If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline."
9.VerbTo bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
10.VerbTo haul in; to take up."to gather the slack of a rope"
11.VerbTo infer or conclude; to know from a different source."From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.; I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match."
12.VerbTo be filled with pus"Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst."
13.VerbTo collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
14.VerbTo gain; to win.
15.NounA plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
16.NounThe inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
17.NounThe soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather#verb.
18.NounA blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
19.NounA gathering.