1. Assemble or get together
   "gather some stones";
   - garner, collect, pull together
    
2. (of people) collect in one place
   "Let's gather in the dining room";
   - meet, assemble, forgather, foregather [formal]
    
3. Collect in one place, esp. growing to a large number or quantity
   "Journals are gathering in my office";
   - accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, amass
    
4. Get people together
   "gather the close family members";
   - assemble, get together
    
5. Conclude from evidence
   "I gather you have not done your homework"
    
6. Draw and bring closer
   "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders"
    
7. Draw together into folds or puckers
   "The seamstress gathered the fabric to create a ruffle";
   - pucker, tuck
    
8. Look for (food) in nature
   "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"
    
9. Increase or develop
   "the car gathers speed";
   - gain

1. Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
   "The dress had delicate gathers at the waist for a flattering fit";
   - gathering
    
2. The act of gathering something
   "The gather of fabric at the waist gave the dress shape";
   - gathering

Derived forms: gathered, gathering, gathers

See also: collected, uncollected

Type of: aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection, conclude, group, increase, interact, look for, pull, reason, reason out, run up, search, seek, sew, sew together, sewing, stitch, stitch up, stitchery

Encyclopedia: Gather, Darkness