gather

Meanings

Verb

• To collect; normally separate things.
• To bring parts of a whole closer.
• To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
• To be filled with pus
• To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
• To gain; to win.

Noun

• A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
• The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
• The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
• A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
• A gathering.

Origin

• From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian ("to gather, assemble"), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn ("to bring together, unite, gather"), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ("to unite, assemble, keep").