gather: значение и определения

To cause to come together; convene: The teacher gathered the students around the exhibit.

To accumulate (something) gradually; amass: The top of the bookshelf gathered dust.

To harvest or pick: gather flowers; gather wild foods.

To gain by a process of gradual increase: gather speed.

To collect into one place; assemble.

To pick up and enfold: gathered the kittens into her arms.

Printing To arrange (signatures) in sequence for bookbinding.

To draw into small folds or puckers, as by pulling a thread through cloth.

To contract and wrinkle (the brow).

To draw about or bring (one thing) closer to something else: gathered the shawl about my shoulders.

To conclude; infer: I gather that a decision has not been reached.

To summon up; muster: gathered up his courage.

To attract or be a center of attraction for: The parade gathered a large crowd.

To come together in a group; assemble: A crowd gathered in the lobby.

To accumulate: Dark clouds are gathering.

To grow or increase by degrees.

To come to a head, as a boil; fester.

To forage for wild foodstuffs.

The act or an instance of gathering.

A quantity gathered.

A small fold or pucker made by gathering cloth.