transitive verb

1. to cause to come together in one place or group
2. to get or collect gradually from various places, sources, etc.; amass; accumulate to gather information
3. to bring close to gather a blanket about one's legs
4. to pick, pluck, or collect by picking; harvest to gather crops
5. to get as an idea or impression; infer; conclude I gather that you disagree
6. to prepare to collect (oneself, one's energies) to meet a situation
7. to gain or acquire gradually to gather speed
8. to draw (cloth) on a thread loosely stitched across it into fixed folds or puckers
9. to wrinkle (one's brow)
10. to put (the pages or signatures of a book) in proper order for binding

Etymology: ME gaderen < OE gad(e)rian, akin to OFris gaduria, Du gaderen < IE base *ghedh-, to unite, join > (to)gether, good, Ger gatte, spouse

intransitive verb

1. to come together; assemble to gather for lunch
2. to form pus; come to a head, as a boil; fester
3. to increase clouds gathered
4. to become wrinkled: said of the brow

noun