Gather Definition

găthər
gathered, gathering, gathers
verb
gathered, gathering, gathers
To collect from different places; assemble.
Gather the pieces of a puzzle; gather information.
American Heritage
To cause to come together in one place or group.
Webster's New World
To bring close.
To gather a blanket about one's legs.
Webster's New World
To draw (something or someone) closer to oneself.
Gathered the shawl about my shoulders; gathered the child in her arms.
American Heritage
To become wrinkled.
Webster's New World
noun
gathers
The act or an instance of gathering.
American Heritage
A pucker or fold made in cloth.
Webster's New World
Something gathered, especially:
American Heritage
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
Wiktionary
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
Wiktionary
idiom
be gathered to one's fathers
  • to die
Webster's New World
gather up
  • to pick up and assemble
  • to draw together; make more compact
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gather

Noun

Singular:
gather
Plural:
gathers

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Gather

Origin of Gather

  • From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-Germanic *gadurōną (“to bring together, unite, gather”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *gadōną (“to hold together”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰhedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”). Cognate with Dutch gaderen, garen (“to gather”), Middle High German gadern (“to gather”), Old Frisian gadia (“to unite”), German begatten (“to mate”), Albanian gjedhe (“model, sample; to choose, prefer”). Compare also Old English gæd (“society, fellowship, union”). More at good.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English getheren, gaderen from Old English gadrian ghedh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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