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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gather \Gath"er\ (g[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Gathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gathering.] [OE. gaderen, AS.
     gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d
     fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte
     husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a
     sister's son. [root]29. See Good, and cf. Together.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
        things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
        assemble; to muster; to congregate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And Belgium's capital had gathered them
              Her beauty and her chivalry.          --Byron.
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              When he had gathered all the chief priests and
              scribes of the people together.       --Matt. ii. 4.
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     2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
        value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
        pick off; to pluck.
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              A rose just gathered from the stalk.  --Dryden.
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              Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
                                                    --Matt. vii.
                                                    16.
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              Gather us from among the heathen.     --Ps. cvi. 47.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
        to amass; to gain; to heap up.
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              He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
              substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
              the poor.                             --Prov.
                                                    xxviii. 8.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
              degrees.                              --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
        contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
        plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
        of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
        ruffle.
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              Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand
              In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
                                                    --Pope.
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     5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
        conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
        that prove; to infer; to conclude.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let me say no more!
              Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
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     6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
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              He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
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     7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
        as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
        the width of the flue, or the like.
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     8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
        a rope.
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     To be gathered to one's people or To be gathered to one's
     fathers to die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
  
     To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being
        out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest. --Spenser.
  
     To gather one's self together, to collect and dispose one's
        powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
        to a leap.
  
     To gather way (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
        increasing speed.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, n.
     1. The act of collecting or bringing together.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together;
        as:
        (a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
        (b) A charitable contribution; a collection.
        (c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
     Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
        signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
        --Knight.
  
     Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
        over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
        morning.
  
     Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
        ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
        over them.
  
     Gathering peat.
     (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
         fire.
     (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
         Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
         the Highlanders.
         [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gather \Gath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gathered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Gathering.] [OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr.
     gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d fellowship; akin to E.
     good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate,
     also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a sister's son. [root]29. See
     Good, and cf. Together.]
     1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
        things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
        assemble; to muster; to congregate.
  
              And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty
              and her chivalry.                     --Byron.
  
              When he had gathered all the chief priests and
              scribes of the people together.       --Matt. ii. 4.
  
     2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
        value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
        pick off; to pluck.
  
              A rose just gathered from the stalk.  --Dryden.
  
              Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
                                                    --Matt. vii.
                                                    16.
  
              Gather us from among the heathen.     --Ps. cvi. 47.
  
     3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
        to amass; to gain; to heap up.
  
              He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
              substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
              the poor.                             --Prov.
                                                    xxviii. 8.
  
              To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
              degrees.                              --Locke.
  
     4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
        contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
        plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
        of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
        ruffle.
  
              Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In
              act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
        conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
        that prove; to infer; to conclude.
  
              Let me say no more? Gather the sequel by that went
              before.                               --Shak.
  
     6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
  
              He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
  
     7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
        as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
        the width of the flue, or the like.
  
     8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
        a rope.
  
     To be gathered to one's people, or to one's fathers to
        die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
  
     To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being
        out of breath; to get breath; to rest. --Spenser.
  
     To gather one's self together, to collect and dispose one's
        powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
        to a leap.
  
     To gather way (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
        increasing speed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, n.
     1. The act of collecting or bringing together.
  
     2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together;
        as:
        (a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
        (b) A charitable contribution; a collection.
        (c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
     Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
  
     Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
        signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
        --Knight.
  
     Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
        over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
        morning.
  
     Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
        ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
        over them.
  
     Gathering peat.
     (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
         fire.
     (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
         Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
         the Highlanders.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  gathering
       adj : accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening
             gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering
             darkness"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: deepening(a),
             gathering(a), thickening(a)]
       n 1: a group of persons together in one place [syn: assemblage]
       2: the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of
          assembly" [syn: assembly, assemblage] [ant: dismantling]
       3: the act of gathering something [syn: gather]
       4: sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling
          tight a thread in a line of stitching [syn: gather]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gathering
     Αγγλικά n.
     συγκέντρωση, συνάντηση πολλών ανθρώπων

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gathering
     n.
     1 A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
     2 A group of people or things.
     3 (lb en bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of
  paper, stacked together and folded in half.
     4 A charitable contribution; a collection.
     5 (lb en uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.;
  the practice of collecting food from nature.
     6 (lb en medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an
  abscess.
     a.
     That gathers together.
     vb.
     (present participle of en gather nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  gathering
     n.
     1 A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
     2 A group of people or things.
     3 (lb en bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of
  paper, stacked together and folded in half.
     4 A charitable contribution; a collection.
     5 (lb en uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.;
  the practice of collecting food from nature.
     6 (lb en medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an
  abscess.
     a.
     That gathers together.
     vb.
     (present participle of en gather nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  gathering
     n.
     1 A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
     2 A group of people or things.
     3 (lb en bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of
  paper, stacked together and folded in half.
     4 A charitable contribution; a collection.
     5 (lb en uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.;
  the practice of collecting food from nature.
     6 (lb en medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an
  abscess.
     a.
     That gathers together.
     vb.
     (present participle of en gather nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  gathering
     n.
     1 A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
     2 A group of people or things.
     3 (lb en bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of
  paper, stacked together and folded in half.
     4 A charitable contribution; a collection.
     5 (lb en uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.;
  the practice of collecting food from nature.
     6 (lb en medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an
  abscess.
     a.
     That gathers together.
     vb.
     (present participle of en gather nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gathering
     Englanti n.
     1 kokoontuminen
     2 (yhteys kirjapaino k=en) arkkivihko
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm g ather ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gathering
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en gather ordform=prespart)
     Engelska n.
     1 samling
     2 sammankomst
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb gather)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/
  vergadering

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/
  الإجتماع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  gathering //ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋ// //ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ// 
  1. събрание, събиране
  get-together, social function
  2. сборище, струпване
  group of people or things

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/
  shromáždění

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/ 
  sběr

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/
  shromažďování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/
  setkání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/
  sbírání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/ 
  posezení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/ 
  shromažďování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/ 
  setkání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gathering /ɡˈaðəɹɪŋ/ 
  sbírání