slovo | definícia |
gather (mass) | gather
- pozbierať, zhromaždiť |
gather (encz) | gather,nabrat v: Pino |
gather (encz) | gather,nabrat (rychlost) v: Jiří Dadák |
gather (encz) | gather,natrhat v: ovoce ap. Pino |
gather (encz) | gather,sbírat |
gather (encz) | gather,sebrat |
gather (encz) | gather,shromáždit (se) v: Jiří Dadák |
gather (encz) | gather,usuzovat v: Pino |
Gather (gcide) | Gather \Gath"er\ (g[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gathering.] [OE. gaderen, AS.
gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d
fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte
husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a
sister's son. [root]29. See Good, and cf. Together.]
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1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
assemble; to muster; to congregate.
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And Belgium's capital had gathered them
Her beauty and her chivalry. --Byron.
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When he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together. --Matt. ii. 4.
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2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
pick off; to pluck.
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A rose just gathered from the stalk. --Dryden.
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Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
--Matt. vii.
16.
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Gather us from among the heathen. --Ps. cvi. 47.
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3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
to amass; to gain; to heap up.
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He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
the poor. --Prov.
xxviii. 8.
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To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
degrees. --Locke.
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4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
ruffle.
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Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand
In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
--Pope.
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5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
that prove; to infer; to conclude.
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Let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
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6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
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He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
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7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
the width of the flue, or the like.
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8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
a rope.
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To be gathered to one's people or {To be gathered to one's
fathers} to die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being
out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest. --Spenser.
To gather one's self together, to collect and dispose one's
powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
to a leap.
To gather way (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
increasing speed.
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Gather (gcide) | Gather \Gath"er\, v. i.
1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become
assembled; to congregate.
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When small humors gather to a gout. --Pope.
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Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes.
--Tennyson.
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2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
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Their snowball did not gather as it went. --Bacon.
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3. To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate
pus; as, a boil has gathered.
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4. To collect or bring things together.
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Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and
gather where I have not strewed. --Matt. xxv.
26.
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Gather (gcide) | Gather \Gath"er\, n.
1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through
it; a pucker.
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2. (Carriage Making) The inclination forward of the axle
journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
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3. (Arch.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry
required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.
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gather (wn) | gather
n 1: sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling
tight a thread in a line of stitching [syn: gather,
gathering]
2: the act of gathering something [syn: gather, gathering]
v 1: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
thoughts together" [syn: gather, garner, collect,
pull together] [ant: distribute, spread]
2: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
"Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: meet, gather,
assemble, forgather, foregather]
3: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
"The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate,
conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
4: conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your
homework"
5: draw together into folds or puckers [syn: gather, pucker,
tuck]
6: get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get
together all those who are interested in the project";
"gather the close family members" [syn: assemble, gather,
get together]
7: draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her
shoulders"
8: look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in
the Fall"
9: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum";
"the car gathers speed" [syn: gain, gather] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
gather up (mass) | gather up
- zbierať |
gathered (mass) | gathered
- zhromaždený |
gathering (mass) | gathering
- stretávajúci, zhromažďujúci, stretnutie |
a rolling stone gathers no moss (encz) | a rolling stone gathers no moss,přílišný neposeda n: Zdeněk Brož |
deposit gathering (encz) | deposit gathering, |
foregather (encz) | foregather,sejít se v: Zdeněk Brož |
forgather (encz) | forgather,scházet se v: Zdeněk Brož |
gather in (encz) | gather in, v: |
gather momentum (encz) | gather momentum,nabírat na obrátkách [frsl.] Pino |
gather pace (encz) | gather pace,nabírat na obrátkách [frsl.] Pino |
gather speed (encz) | gather speed,nabírat rychlost [frsl.] Pino |
gather strength (encz) | gather strength,nabírat na síle [frsl.] Pino |
gather up (encz) | gather up,posbírat v: Zdeněk Brožgather up,přihrnout v: Zdeněk Brožgather up,sbírat v: Zdeněk Brožgather up,sesbírat v: Zdeněk Brož |
gathered (encz) | gathered,hnisavý Josef Kosekgathered,podebraný Josef Kosekgathered,seskupený Zdeněk Brožgathered,shromážděný Zdeněk Brož |
gathered skirt (encz) | gathered skirt, n: |
gatherer (encz) | gatherer,sběrač n: Zdeněk Brožgatherer,sběratel n: Zdeněk Brož |
gathering (encz) | gathering,posezení n: Zdeněk Brožgathering,sběr n: Zdeněk Brožgathering,sbírání Zdeněk Brožgathering,setkání Zdeněk Brožgathering,shromáždění gathering,shromažďování Zdeněk Brož |
gathering dust (encz) | gathering dust, |
gathering of data (encz) | gathering of data, |
gathering place (encz) | gathering place, n: |
gatherings (encz) | gatherings,shromáždění pl. Zdeněk Brož |
gathers (encz) | gathers,shromažďuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
hunter-gatherer (encz) | hunter-gatherer,lovec a sběrač Zdeněk Brož |
hunter-gathers (encz) | hunter-gathers,lovci a sběrači n: pl. Jirka Daněk |
hunting and gathering society (encz) | hunting and gathering society, n: |
hunting and gathering tribe (encz) | hunting and gathering tribe, n: |
information gathering (encz) | information gathering, n: |
ingathered (encz) | ingathered, |
ingathering (encz) | ingathering,sklizeň Zdeněk Brožingathering,žeň Zdeněk Brož |
megathere (encz) | megathere, n: |
megatherian (encz) | megatherian, n: |
megatherian mammal (encz) | megatherian mammal, n: |
megatheriid (encz) | megatheriid, n: |
omnium-gatherum (encz) | omnium-gatherum, n: |
regather (encz) | regather, |
social gathering (encz) | social gathering, n: |
tollgatherer (encz) | tollgatherer, n: |
ungathered (encz) | ungathered, adj: |
woolgather (encz) | woolgather, v: |
woolgatherer (encz) | woolgatherer, n: |
woolgathering (encz) | woolgathering,roztěkanost n: PetrVwoolgathering,snění s otevřenýma očima n: PetrV |
Foregather (gcide) | Foregather \Fore*gath"er\, v. i.
Same as Forgather.
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Forgather (gcide) | Forgather \For*gath"er\, v. i.
To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
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Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool.
--Wilson.
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Gather (gcide) | Gather \Gath"er\ (g[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gathering.] [OE. gaderen, AS.
gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d
fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte
husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a
sister's son. [root]29. See Good, and cf. Together.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
assemble; to muster; to congregate.
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And Belgium's capital had gathered them
Her beauty and her chivalry. --Byron.
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When he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together. --Matt. ii. 4.
[1913 Webster]
2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
pick off; to pluck.
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A rose just gathered from the stalk. --Dryden.
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Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
--Matt. vii.
16.
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Gather us from among the heathen. --Ps. cvi. 47.
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3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
to amass; to gain; to heap up.
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He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
the poor. --Prov.
xxviii. 8.
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To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
degrees. --Locke.
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4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
ruffle.
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Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand
In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
--Pope.
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5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
that prove; to infer; to conclude.
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Let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
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6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
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He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
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7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
the width of the flue, or the like.
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8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
a rope.
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To be gathered to one's people or {To be gathered to one's
fathers} to die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being
out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest. --Spenser.
To gather one's self together, to collect and dispose one's
powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
to a leap.
To gather way (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
increasing speed.
[1913 Webster]Gather \Gath"er\, v. i.
1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become
assembled; to congregate.
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When small humors gather to a gout. --Pope.
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Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes.
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
[1913 Webster]
Their snowball did not gather as it went. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
3. To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate
pus; as, a boil has gathered.
[1913 Webster]
4. To collect or bring things together.
[1913 Webster]
Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and
gather where I have not strewed. --Matt. xxv.
26.
[1913 Webster]Gather \Gath"er\, n.
1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through
it; a pucker.
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2. (Carriage Making) The inclination forward of the axle
journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
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3. (Arch.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry
required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.
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Gatherable (gcide) | Gatherable \Gath"er*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from
premises. [R.] --Godwin.
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Gathered (gcide) | Gather \Gath"er\ (g[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gathering.] [OE. gaderen, AS.
gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d
fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte
husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a
sister's son. [root]29. See Good, and cf. Together.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
assemble; to muster; to congregate.
[1913 Webster]
And Belgium's capital had gathered them
Her beauty and her chivalry. --Byron.
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When he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together. --Matt. ii. 4.
[1913 Webster]
2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
pick off; to pluck.
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A rose just gathered from the stalk. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
--Matt. vii.
16.
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Gather us from among the heathen. --Ps. cvi. 47.
[1913 Webster]
3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
to amass; to gain; to heap up.
[1913 Webster]
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
the poor. --Prov.
xxviii. 8.
[1913 Webster]
To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
degrees. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
ruffle.
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Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand
In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
--Pope.
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5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
that prove; to infer; to conclude.
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Let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
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6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
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He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
the width of the flue, or the like.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
a rope.
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To be gathered to one's people or {To be gathered to one's
fathers} to die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being
out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest. --Spenser.
To gather one's self together, to collect and dispose one's
powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
to a leap.
To gather way (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
increasing speed.
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Gatherer (gcide) | Gatherer \Gath"er*er\, n.
1. One who gathers or collects.
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2. (Sewing Machine) An attachment for making gathers in the
cloth.
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Gathering (gcide) | Gather \Gath"er\ (g[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gathering.] [OE. gaderen, AS.
gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d
fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte
husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a
sister's son. [root]29. See Good, and cf. Together.]
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1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate
things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to
assemble; to muster; to congregate.
[1913 Webster]
And Belgium's capital had gathered them
Her beauty and her chivalry. --Byron.
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When he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together. --Matt. ii. 4.
[1913 Webster]
2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less
value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to
pick off; to pluck.
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A rose just gathered from the stalk. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
--Matt. vii.
16.
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Gather us from among the heathen. --Ps. cvi. 47.
[1913 Webster]
3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
to amass; to gain; to heap up.
[1913 Webster]
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
the poor. --Prov.
xxviii. 8.
[1913 Webster]
To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
degrees. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to
contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or
plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece
of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a
ruffle.
[1913 Webster]
Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand
In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
--Pope.
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5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a
conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments
that prove; to infer; to conclude.
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Let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
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6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
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He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
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7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry,
as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to
the width of the flue, or the like.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
a rope.
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To be gathered to one's people or {To be gathered to one's
fathers} to die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being
out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest. --Spenser.
To gather one's self together, to collect and dispose one's
powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory
to a leap.
To gather way (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with
increasing speed.
[1913 Webster]Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, n.
1. The act of collecting or bringing together.
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2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together;
as:
(a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
(b) A charitable contribution; a collection.
(c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
[1913 Webster]Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
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Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
--Knight.
Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
morning.
Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
over them.
Gathering peat.
(a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
fire.
(b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
the Highlanders.
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Gathering board (gcide) | Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
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Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
--Knight.
Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
morning.
Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
over them.
Gathering peat.
(a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
fire.
(b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
the Highlanders.
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Gathering coal (gcide) | Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
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Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
--Knight.
Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
morning.
Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
over them.
Gathering peat.
(a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
fire.
(b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
the Highlanders.
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Gathering hoop (gcide) | Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
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Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
--Knight.
Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
morning.
Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
over them.
Gathering peat.
(a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
fire.
(b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
the Highlanders.
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Gathering peat (gcide) | Gathering \Gath"er*ing\, a.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
[1913 Webster]
Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which
signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
--Knight.
Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers
over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the
morning.
Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the
ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped
over them.
Gathering peat.
(a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a
fire.
(b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the
Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by
the Highlanders.
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Ingathering (gcide) | Ingathering \In"gath`er*ing\, n.
The act or business of gathering or collecting anything;
especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth;
harvest.
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Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering. --Ex.
xxii. 16.
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Megathere (gcide) | Megathere \Meg"a*there\, Megatherium \Meg`a*the"ri*um\, n. [NL.
megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.)
An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the
ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South
America.
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Megatherium (gcide) | Megathere \Meg"a*there\, Megatherium \Meg`a*the"ri*um\, n. [NL.
megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.)
An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the
ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South
America.
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Megatheroid (gcide) | Megatheroid \Meg`a*the"roid\, n. [Megatherium + -oid.] (Paleon.)
One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The
family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
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Omnium-gatherum (gcide) | Omnium-gatherum \Om`ni*um-gath"er*um\, n. [A macaronic compound
of L. omnium, gen. pl. of omnis all, and E. gather.]
A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused
mixture; a medley; a hodgepodge. [Colloq. & Humorous]
--Selden.
Syn: hotchpotch, odds and ends, farrago, motley collection.
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Regather (gcide) | Regather \Re*gath"er\ (r?*g?th"?r), v. t.
To gather again.
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Taxgatherer (gcide) | Taxgatherer \Tax"gath`er*er\, n.
One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
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Taxgathering (gcide) | Taxgatherer \Tax"gath`er*er\, n.
One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
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