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

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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

Synonyms:

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

be gathered to one's fathers
gather up

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