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1.nounA plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
2.nounThe inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
3.nounThe soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
4.nounA blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
5.nounA gathering.
6.verbTo collect; normally separate things."I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with."
7.verbTo bring parts of a whole closer."She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold."
8.verbTo infer or conclude; to know from a different source."From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well."
9.verb(of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus"Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst."
10.verbTo collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
11.verbTo gain; to win.