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gather > 9 senses
NOUN	1	gather, gathering	Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
NOUN	2	gather, gathering	The act of gathering something
VERB	1	gather, garner, collect, pull together	Assemble or get together
	2	gather, meet, assemble, forgather, foregather	Collect in one place
	3	gather, accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, amass	Collect or gather
	4	gather	Conclude from evidence
	5	gather, pucker, tuck	Draw fabric together and sew it tightly
	6	gather, assemble, get together	Get people together
	7	gather	Look for (food) in nature

gather > pronunciation
Sounds	gae'dher
Rhymes	altogether, another, bather, and 38 more rhymes in dher...

gather > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching.
Synonyms	gathering
Broader	sewing, stitchery
Verbs	gather

gather > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of gathering something.
Synonyms	gathering
Broader	collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
Narrower	centralization, centralisation; harvest, harvesting, harvest home
Verbs	gather; gather

gather > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Assemble or get together.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples	"gather some stones"
Synonyms	garner, collect, pull together
Contrary	spread, distribute
See also	gather up
Narrower	mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon; rake; reap, harvest, glean; hive; salvage, scavenge; muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up; round up; pick, pluck, cull; nut; snail; birdnest, bird-nest; nest; oyster; sponge; pearl; clam; shock; pile up, heap up, stack up
Entailed by	collate
Nouns	gather
Participle	gathered; ungathered

gather > verb 2, social
Meaning	Collect in one place.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"Let's gather in the dining room"
Synonyms	meet, assemble, forgather, foregather
Similar to	meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
Caused by	call; assemble, gather, get together
Broader	interact
Narrower	group, aggroup; meet; congregate; hive; fort, fort up; convene; cluster, constellate, flock, clump; crowd, crowd together; converge; turn out; caucus; club
Entailed by	adjourn, withdraw, retire
Nouns	gathering; gathering

gather > verb 3, change
Meaning	Collect or gather.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Synonyms	accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, amass
Broader	increase
Narrower	backlog; accrete; drift
Nouns	gathering

gather > verb 4, communication
Meaning	Conclude from evidence.
Pattern	Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Examples	"I gather you have not done your homework"
Broader	reason, reason out, conclude

gather > verb 5, contact
Meaning	Draw fabric together and sew it tightly.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	pucker, tuck
Broader	sew, run up, sew together, stitch
Nouns	gather, gathering

gather > verb 6, social
Meaning	Get people together.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Model	They want to gather the prisoners
Examples	"gather the close family members"
Synonyms	assemble, get together
Cause to	meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
Narrower	make
Nouns	gathering; gathering

gather > verb 7, contact
Meaning	Look for (food) in nature.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples	"Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"
Broader	search, seek, look for
Narrower	shell
Nouns	gatherer; gather

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