gatherverb
uk/ˈɡæð.ər/us/ˈɡæð.ɚ/gather verb (COLLECT)
B2 [ T ] to collect several things, often from different places or people:
[ T + adv/prep ] to put your arms around someone and hold or carry them in a careful or loving way:
C1 to become faster, stronger, etc.:
to prepare to make a great effort to be strong or brave:
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- I'll just gather my things together and then we can go.
- He gathered some wood to build a fire.
- On a clear, straight road you can gather speed.
- The contest for deputy leadership of the party is gathering speed.
- The encyclopedia sits on my shelf at home, gathering dust.
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Collecting and amassing
- a pack rat idiom
- accumulate
- amass
- assemble
- bank
- bunch
- collect
- collector's item
- compilation
- concentration
- garner
- glean
- harvest
- load up on sth
- magpie
- numismatics
- philatelist
- philately
- scrape
- store
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gather verb (COME TOGETHER)
B2 [ I ] When people or animals gather, they come together in a group:
[ I ] literary to get thicker and closer:
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- Protestors gathered outside the court to await the verdict.
- An audience gathered to hear him speak.
- At 6:30, everyone gathered for drinks and appetizers in the lounge.
- A crowd had gathered around the scene of the accident.
- Hundreds gathered to await the boxer's arrival at the airport.
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Forming groups (of people)
- be ranged against/with sth/sb
- cluster
- congregate
- convene
- converge
- corral
- crowd around (sb/sth)
- flock
- form
- get
- get together
- group
- mob
- muster
- range
- regroup
- round
- round sth/sb up
- throng
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gather verb (UNDERSTAND)
C1 [ T ] to understand or believe something as a result of something that has been said or done:
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Concluding and deducing
- analysis
- deduce
- deduction
- diagnosis
- exclude
- extrapolate
- impute sth to sb
- induction
- inductive
- infer
- inference
- must
- perceive
- put
- put sth down to sth
- put two and two together idiom
- reason
- syllogism
- two
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gather verb (CLOTH)
[ T ] to pull cloth into small folds by sewing a thread through it and then pulling the thread tight:
[ T ] If you gather a piece of clothing or loose cloth around yourself, you pull it close to your body:
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Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- knitting needle
- needle
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- skein
- spinner
- tack
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Idiom(s)
gathernoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈɡæð.ər/us/ˈɡæð.ɚ/a small fold that has been sewn into cloth:
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Style & appearance of clothes
- -sleeved
- backless
- baggy
- bespoke
- black tie
- bootcut
- hang
- ill-fitting
- knitted
- low slung
- low-cut
- preppy
- ruck
- scantily
- scoop-neck
- sequin
- skintight
- snug
- tweedy
- wraparound
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