Meaning

To collect normally separate things..

Definitions by Sense

1. To collect normally separate things.
2. To bring parts of a whole closer.
3. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
4. (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
5. (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
6. To gain; to win.
7. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
8. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

Example Sentences

I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.

She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.

She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.

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.

Press reports of the length of time the bridge is likely to be out of action vary greatly, but Mr. Farr gathers that a temporary structure may be ready in six months; complete reconstruction, however, will take at least two years. [It was never rebuilt or replaced, and demolished instead.]

Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.

He gathers ground upon her in the chase.

Word Forms

• gathers
• gathering
• gathered
• gether

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Use gather when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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