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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary gath·er
ETYMOLOGY Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian; akin to Middle High German gadern to unite — more at good DATE before 12th century transitive verb 1. to bring together : collect tried to gather a crowd gathered firewood 2. a. pick , harvest gather flowers b. to pick up or amass as if by harvesting gathering ideas for the project c. to scoop up or take up from a resting place gathered the child up in his arms 3. to serve as an attraction for : accumulate books gathering dust 4. to effect the collection of gather contributions 5. a. to summon up gathered his courage b. to gain by gradual increase gather speed c. to prepare (as oneself) by mustering strength d. to gain or regain control of gathered his wits 6. to reach a conclusion often intuitively from hints or through inferences I gather that you want to leave 7. a. to pull (fabric) along a line of stitching so as to draw into puckers b. to draw about or close to something gathering her cloak about her c. to bring together the parts of gathered her hair into a ponytail d. to assemble (the signatures of a book) in sequence for binding e. to haul in the sailors gathered the sails intransitive verb 1. a. to come together in a body b. to cluster around a focus of attraction 2. a. to swell and fill with pus b. grow , increase the gathering crisis Synonyms. gather , collect , assemble , congregate mean to come or bring together into a group, mass, or unit. gather is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered state a crowd quickly gathered collect often implies careful selection or orderly arrangement collected books on gardening assemble implies an ordered union or organization of persons or things often for a definite purpose experts assembled for a conference congregate implies a spontaneous flocking together into a crowd or huddle congregating under a shelter Synonym: see in addition infer .
noun DATE 1555 1. something gathered: as a. a puckering in cloth made by gathering b. a mass of molten glass collected for use in glassblowing 2. an act or instance of gathering English Etymology gather O.E. gadrian, gædrian "to gather, collect, store up," related to gæd "fellowship," and god "good," from P.Gmc. *gadurojan "bring together, unite" (cf. M.L.G. gadderen, O.Fris. gaderia). Change of spelling from -d- to -th- is 1500s, reflecting earlier change in pronunciation. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ gather gather / 5^ATE(r) / verbCOME / BRING TOGETHER 聚集；集合 1. to come together, or bring people together, in one place to form a group 聚集；集合；召集: ▪ [V] A crowd soon gathered. 很快就聚集起了一群人。 Can you all gather round ? I've got something to tell you. 你们都围过来好吗？我有事要告诉你们。 The whole family gathered together at Ray's home. 全家人聚集在雷的家中。 His supporters gathered in the main square. 他的支持者聚集在主广场上。 ▪ [VN] They were all gathered round the TV. 他们都围到电视机旁。 A large crowd was gathered outside the studio. 召集了一大群人在制片厂外面。 The kids were gathered together in one room. 孩子们被聚集在一间屋子里。 2. [VN] ~ sth (together / up) to bring things together that have been spread around 收拢,归拢(分散的东西): People slowly gathered their belongings and left the hall. 人们慢慢地收起他们的行李离开了大厅。 I waited while he gathered up his papers. 他整理文件时我就在一旁等待。 ⇨ note at collect COLLECT 收集 3. [VN] to collect information from different sources 搜集,收集(情报): Detectives have spent months gathering evidence. 侦探们花了数月时间搜集证据。 ⇨ note at collect 4. [VN] to collect plants, fruit, etc. from a wide area 采集(植物、水果等): to gather wild flowers 采集野花 CROPS / HARVEST 庄稼；收成 5. [VN] ~ sth (in) to pick or cut and collect crops to be stored 收割；收获: It was late August and the harvest had been safely gathered in. 已是八月下旬,庄稼都妥善收割完毕。 BELIEVE / UNDERSTAND 相信；理解 6. (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to believe or understand that sth is true because of information or evidence you have 认为；猜想；推断；理解: ▪ [V (that)] I gather (that) you wanted to see me. 我猜想你想要见我。 I gather from your letter that you're not enjoying your job. 我从信中了解到你并不喜欢你的工作。 ▪ [VN] 'There's been a delay.' 'I gathered that.' "已经耽搁了。" "那是我预料中的事。" ▪ [V] 'She won't be coming.' 'So I gather.' "她不会来了。" "我也这么认为。" You're self-employed, I gather. 我想你是个体经营吧。 As far as I can gather, he got involved in a fight. 据我了解他卷入了一场争斗之中。 From what I can gather, there's been some kind of problem. 从我了解的情况看还存在某种问题。 INCREASE 增加 7. [VN] to increase in speed, force, etc. 增加(速度、力量等): The truck gathered speed. 卡车加快了速度。 During the 1980s the green movement gathered momentum. 20 世纪 80 年代绿色运动的势头开始增强。 Thousands of these machines are gathering dust (= not being used) in stockrooms. 数千台这样的机器都尘封在仓库里。 OF CLOUDS / DARKNESS 云层；黑暗 8. [V] to gradually increase in number or amount 逐渐增加；积聚: The storm clouds were gathering. 暴风雨乌云正在聚集。 the gathering gloom of a winter's afternoon 天色越来越暗的一个冬日下午 CLOTHING 衣服 9. [VN] ~ sth around you / sth | ~ sth up to pull a piece of clothing tighter to your body 收紧,拢起(衣服): He gathered his cloak around him. 他用披风把身子裹紧。 She gathered up her skirts and ran. 她提起裙摆就跑。 10. [VN] ~ sth (in) to pull parts of a piece of clothing together in folds and sew them in place 给…打褶子: She wore a skirt gathered (in) at the waist. 她穿了一条腰部打褶的裙子。 HOLD SB 拉住某人 11. [VN +adv. / prep.] to pull sb towards you and put your arms around them 拉近；拥抱: She gathered the child in her arms and held him close. 她把孩子拉过来紧紧抱在怀里。 He gathered her to him. 他把她拉到身边。 PREPARE YOURSELF 做好准备 12. [VN] to prepare yourself to do sth that requires effort 攒(动)；使做好准备: I sat down for a moment to gather my strength. 我坐下片刻积蓄力量。 She was still trying to gather her thoughts together when the door opened. 门打开时她还勉强要自己集中精神。 Fortunately the short delay gave him time to gather himself. 幸运的是这短暂的拖延给了他喘息的时间。 IDIOMS ⇨ see roll v. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English gather verb 1 come together in a group ADV. quickly | around/round, together PREP. about/around/round The boys gathered around the car. | for They are all gathering for a major conference. 2 bring people/things together ADV. hastily, quickly She hastily gathered all her belongings together. | carefully | together, up 3 increase ADV. quickly, rapidly The movement for reform rapidly gathered momentum. | slowly | steadily VERB + GATHER begin to, start to As the weeks passed, Charlotte began to gather strength. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: GROUP 1, assemble, cluster, collect, round up Related Words: choose, cull, pick, select; accumulate, amass Idioms: separate the wheat from the chaff (or the sheep from the goats) Contrasted Words: dispel, disperse, dissipate Antonyms: scatter 2 Synonyms: REAP , garner, harvest, ingather Related Words: cull, pick, pluck; heap, mass, pile, stack 3 Synonyms: GLEAN , cull, extract, garner, pick up 4 Synonyms: INFER , collect, conclude, deduce, deduct, derive, draw, judge, make, make out Related Words: catch, fathom, follow, grasp, take in Idioms: put two and two together 5 Synonyms: UNDERSTAND 3, assume, believe, expect, imagine, ||reckon, suppose, suspect, take, think 6 to bring or come together FF1C;a crowd gathered to watch the fightFF1E; Synonyms: assemble, collect, congregate, congress, forgather, muster, raise, rendezvous; compare GROUP 1 Related Words: aggregate, troop; affiliate, ally, associate, league; encounter, meet Contrasted Words: break up, disband, disperse, part, separate; disintegrate, disorganize, dissolve Antonyms: scatter 7 Synonyms: LOOM 2, brew, forthcome, impendWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: wool-gather , or gather shotgath·er I. \ˈgathə(r), ˈgeth- sometimes ˈgȧth-\ verb (gathered ; gathered ; gathering \-th(ə)riŋ\ ; gathers) Etymology: Middle English gaderen, from Old English gadrian, gaderian; akin to Old Frisian gaderia to gather, Middle Low German gadderen to gather, Middle High German gatern to unite, Old Frisian gadia — more at good transitive verb 1. a. : to bring together into a crowd, group, body, or mass : concentrate , collect < the balloon start had gathered a little crowd of people — H.G.Wells > < reformers gathering their forces against corrupt city administrations — American Guide Series: New York City > < gather a supply of firewood > < gathering the frightened children about her > b. (1) : to draw up or together : accumulate (2) : to gain gradually with steady increase or acceleration < art will gather social purpose — J.T.Farrell > < a movement gathering force > < the car gathered speed > c. : to collect (melted glass) on the end of a tube for samples or for blowing 2. a. : pick , pluck , harvest < gathered a bunch of flowers > < gathering walnuts > b. : to cull, take, pick up, receive, or appropriate by or as if by picking or harvesting < many souvenirs … gathered from all parts of the world — American Guide Series: Maine > < the vigilantes gathered up Plummer and his gang and hanged them — Seth Agnew > < gather meaning not from reading the Constitution but from reading life — Felix Frankfurter > c. : to accumulate and place in order or readiness for being used or carried — often used with up < he gathered up his tools > d. : to assemble in sequence (the signatures and inserts of a volume) for binding e. (1) chiefly Britain : to scoop up (as a rolling ball) neatly off the ground (2) : to catch (a baseball) on the fly — usually used with in < the shortstop easily gathered in the soft liner > 3. : to attract or serve as a center of attraction for : cause or facilitate a bringing together or accumulating of < the past … gathers round it all the inscrutable mystery of life and death — G.M.Trevelyan > < Puritanism … gathered about it … all the forces of unrest — V.L.Parrington > < an age devoted to ornate decor that gathered dust and moths > 4. : to effect the collection of (as tax, tribute, dues, contributions) < gather tax moneys for the king > 5. a. : to summon up : muster together : accumulate : bring together and coordinate < his poor, shattered soul had gathered to itself just then a great courage — Liam O'Flaherty > < we must … get out of the tumult of the market place to gatherour thoughts — M.R.Cohen > < reporters gathering the news of the campaign > b. : to prepare (as oneself) by mustering strength and force < the victim had been gathering himself to run across the court — T.B.Costain > 6. a. : to bring or draw together the parts of : collect and compress by or as if by grasping and holding < gathered her long full skirt in each hand and sprang across the little stream > b. : to draw (as a covering) over, about, or close to something < seizing his hat and gathering his cloak about him > < gathered the bedclothes up to his neck > c. : to pull (fabric) along one or two lines of stitching so as to draw into puckers : plait < gather the neckline and stitch on the binding > d. (1) : to haul in or take up (as slack of a rope) (2) : to begin or increase movement in (a way or direction specified) < the ship gathered headway > e. : to cause (opposite walls of masonry) to approach or come together (as in the abrupt narrowing of the upper part of a fireplace to meet the flue) 7. : to conclude on reflection : draw as an inference : deduce , infer : presume to be the case < I gather that the meeting was not a success > 8. : collect 5aintransitive verb 1. a. : to come together in a body, group, crowd, cluster, heap, or mass < a crowd quickly gathered and shouted for a speech — American Guide Series: Maryland > < the swallows … are gathering to fly farther away — Padraic Colum > < the way the wrinkles gathered about his merry gray eyes — Ellen Glasgow > b. : to accumulate, cluster, or form around a focus of attraction < a romance … gathers round the wedge-shaped or cuneiform characters — Edward Clodd > < the unpopularity that gathered about the name of Mather — V.L.Parrington > 2. a. : to enlarge in coming to a head : swell and fill with pus : head < the boil is gathering > b. : to become concentrated or intense : grow , increase < where the cold gathered more thickly — E.H.Collis > < a time when the gathering dangers were only too apparent — Sir Winston Churchill > 3. : to become drawn or compressed together often in folds or creases < a coat that gathers over the shoulders > 4. of a ship : to make progress : approach < the boat continued to gather toward the southeast > < swiftly gathering on the ship ahead > Synonyms: collect , assemble , congregate : gather , a general term, indicates the fact of bringing or coming together and lacks much especial connotation < it was customary for merchants to gather outside to discuss business affairs — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > It may suggest a picking, culling, or harvesting < a trading post to collect goods already gathered by the native population — R.A.Billington > collect is often interchangeable with gather but may imply greater purposiveness and more careful selectivity < Columbus was forced to collect the natives one night and threaten to darken the moon — Stringfellow Barr > < the mass of movable wealth collected in the shops and warehouses of London alone — T.B.Macaulay > Used in reference to persons coming together, assemble may stress a definite aim or purpose and may suggest greater unity or organization in the group formed; used in reference to things brought together, it suggests a logical ordering or uniting < Flandrau … assembled a force of volunteers at St. Peter and hastened to the relief of the village — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election — U.S. Constitution > < assembling and interpreting statistics on the nation's war programs — Current Biography > congregate may apply to a gregarious flocking together of similar types < the drivers congregated in saloons around the square — Green Peyton > < the older people sat rather stiffly in the corners, the young men congregated uneasily in impermanent groups — Irwin Shaw > Synonym: see in addition infer , reap .II. noun (-s) 1. : something that is gathered < the final gather of the harvest > < smoothing out the gathers of thought between her brows > as a. : a puckering in cloth made by gathering — usually used in plural < adjust the gathers evenly and sew on the waistband > b. : a mass of molten glass collected on a gathering iron for use in glassblowing c. : a lightly collected stance of a horse 2. : an act or instance of gathering < made a final gather of the trash before they left the picnic grounds > especially West : a roundup of cattle 3. : the soffit of masonry formed by gathering |
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