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    gath·er
    [ˈɡaT͟Hər]
    verb
    gather (verb) · gathers (third person present) · gathered (past tense) · gathered (past participle) · gathering (present participle)
    1. come together; assemble or accumulate:
      "a crowd gathered in the square"
      Opposite:
      scatter
    2. bring together and take in from scattered places or sources:
      "we have gathered the information"
    3. develop a higher degree of:
      "the green movement is gathering pace"
    4. infer; understand:
      "her clients were, I gathered, a prosperous group"
    5. summon up (a mental or physical attribute such as one's thoughts or strength) for a purpose:
      "he lay gathering his thoughts together" · "he gathered himself for a tremendous leap"
      Opposite:
      disperse
    6. draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it:
      "the front is gathered at the waist"
    noun
    (gathers)
    gather (noun) · gathers (plural noun)
    1. a part of a garment that is gathered or drawn in.
    Origin
    Old English gaderian, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaderen, also to together.
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    What does gather mean?
    gather, collect, assemble, congregate mean to come or bring together into a group, mass, or unit. gather is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered state. collect often implies careful selection or orderly arrangement.

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    What does gathered mean in a sentence?
    to gather fruit; to gather flowers. Gather your toys from the floor. She gathered the crying child in her arms. to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.). The storm gathers force. The car gathered speed. to take by selection from among other things; sort out; cull. He gathered up his strength for the hard job.

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    What does gather up mean?
    [VERB noun] When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something. You must gather your strength for the journey. [VERB noun] Gather up means the same as gather . She was gathering up her courage to approach him when he called to her. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

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    What does 'transitive gather something' mean?
    [transitive] gather something to collect information from different sources Detectives have spent months gathering evidence. [transitive] gather something to collect plants, fruit, etc. from a wide area They lived in the forest, gathering mushrooms and berries to eat.

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