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English noun: gather | |||
| 1. | gather (artifact) sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching | ||
| Synonyms | gathering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sewing, stitchery | ||
| 2. | gather (act) the act of gathering something | ||
| Synonyms | gathering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | centralisation, centralization, harvest, harvest home, harvesting | ||
English verb: gather | |||
| 1. | gather (contact) assemble or get together | ||
| Samples | Gather some stones. Pull your thoughts together. | ||
| Synonyms | collect, garner, pull together | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bird-nest, birdnest, clam, club, come up, cull, glean, harvest, heap up, hive, marshal, mobilise, mobilize, muster, muster up, nest, nut, oyster, pearl, pick, pile up, pluck, rake, rally, reap, round up, salvage, scavenge, shock, snail, sponge, stack up, summon, summon | ||
| Antonyms | spread, distribute | ||
| 2. | gather (social) collect in one place | ||
| Samples | We assembled in the church basement. Let's gather in the dining room. | ||
| Synonyms | assemble, foregather, forgather, meet | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aggroup, caucus, club, clump, cluster, congregate, constellate, convene, converge, crowd, crowd together, flock, fort, fort up, group, hive, meet, turn out | ||
| Verb group | come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into, see | ||
| 3. | gather (change) collect or gather | ||
| Samples | Journals are accumulating in my office. The work keeps piling up. | ||
| Synonyms | accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accrete, backlog, drift | ||
| 4. | gather (communication) conclude from evidence | ||
| Samples | I gather you have not done your homework. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclude, reason, reason out | ||
| 5. | gather (contact) draw together into folds or puckers | ||
| Synonyms | pucker, tuck | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | run up, sew, sew together, stitch | ||
| 6. | gather (social) get people together | ||
| Samples | Assemble your colleagues. Get together all those who are interested in the project. Gather the close family members. | ||
| Examples | They want to gather the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | assemble, get together | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | make | ||
| Cause | assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet | ||
| 7. | gather (contact) draw and bring closer | ||
| Samples | She gathered her shawl around her shoulders. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pull | ||
| 8. | gather (contact) look for (food) in nature | ||
| Samples | Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | look for, search, seek | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | shell | ||
| 9. | gather (change) increase or develop | ||
| Samples | The peace movement gained momentum. The car gathers speed. | ||
| Synonyms | gain | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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