To collect from different places; assemble: gather the pieces of a puzzle; gather information. To cause to come together; convene: The teacher gathered the students around the exhibit. To draw (something or someone) closer to oneself: gathered the shawl about my shoulders; gathered the child in her arms. To draw into small folds or puckers, as by pulling a thread through cloth. To contract and wrinkle (the brow).
To harvest or pick: gather crops; gather mushrooms.
To conclude or infer, as from evidence: I gather a decision has not been reached.
To summon up; muster: gathered up his courage.
To accumulate (something) gradually; amass: The top of the bookshelf gathered dust. To attract or be the center of attraction for: The jugglers gathered a large crowd.
To gain by a process of gradual increase: gather speed.
To pick up or collect (molten glass) using a tool in glass blowing.
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: The truck's speed gathered on the downslope.
To come to a head, as a boil; fester.
To forage for wild foodstuffs.
The act or an instance of gathering.
Something gathered, especially: A small fold or pucker made by gathering cloth. A mass of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe or other glass-blowing tool.