gather Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- combine
- unite
- garner
- get-together
- organize
- pack
- join
- concentrate
- lump
- corral
- bulk-up-
- group
- congregate
- round-up
Weak:
Meaning of gather
gather (n)
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
the act of gathering something
gather (v)
assemble or get together
collect in one place
collect or gather
conclude from evidence
draw together into folds or puckers
get people together
draw and bring closer
look for (food) in nature
increase or develop
gather (v. t.)
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.
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.
To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.
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.
To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude.
To gain; to win.
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.
To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.
gather (v. i.)
To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.
To collect or bring things together.
gather (n.)
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.
gather Sentence Examples
- We gathered in the town square for the annual festival.
- The scientist gathered data from various experiments to support their hypothesis.
- The students gathered their books and notebooks for class.
- The clouds gathered overhead, threatening to rain.
- The family gathered around the dinner table to share a meal.
- The researchers gathered evidence to piece together the historical event.
- The soldiers gathered their weapons and prepared for battle.
- The farmers gathered their crops after the summer harvest.
- The artists gathered at the gallery for the exhibition opening.
- The children gathered in the park to play on the swing set.
FAQs About the word gather
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching, the act of gathering something, assemble or get together, col
amass, accumulate, assemble,collect, combine, unite,garner, get together, organize, pack
disperse, separate, send, dispel, split (up),disperse, scatter, dissipate, dissipate, dispel
We gathered in the town square for the annual festival.
The scientist gathered data from various experiments to support their hypothesis.
The students gathered their books and notebooks for class.
The clouds gathered overhead, threatening to rain.
