Gather

  • 31gather*/*/ — [ˈgæðə] verb 1) [I/T] if people gather, or if someone gathers them, they come together in one place in order to do something She gathered her children and ran for shelter.[/ex] A crowd gathered outside the hotel.[/ex] 2) [T] to look for and find… …

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  • 32gather — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. bring or come together; assemble, accumulate. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by up) a bring together from scattered places or sources. b take up together from the ground, a surface, etc. c draw into a smaller compass. 3 tr. acquire by …

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  • 33gather in — verb fold up take in the sails • Syn: ↑take in • Hypernyms: ↑roll up, ↑furl • Hyponyms: ↑incorporate, ↑coal …

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  • 34Gather — Lexique du jeu vidéo Le lexique du jeu vidéo regroupe des termes couramment utilisés dans le domaine du jeu vidéo. Les anglicismes représentent un grand nombre de ces termes, et méritent une explication, même sommaire, car ils sont fréquemment… …

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  • 35Gather — Recorded as Gath, Garth, Gather, Gawther (English), and Gatherer (Scottish), this is a surname of pre 7th century Olde English origins. If residential it derives from the word garth, meaning a yard or enclosure, and describes a person who lives… …

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  • 36gather — [OE] Gather goes back ultimately to Germanic *gath ‘bring together, unite’ (which also produced English good). From it was derived *gadurī (source of English together), which in turn formed the basis of a verb *gadurōjan. Its offspring include… …

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  • 37gather in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms gather in : present tense I/you/we/they gather in he/she/it gathers in present participle gathering in past tense gathered in past participle gathered in literary to collect crops from the field when they are… …

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  • 38gather up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms gather up : present tense I/you/we/they gather up he/she/it gathers up present participle gathering up past tense gathered up past participle gathered up to pick up things from several different places and put …

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  • 39gather — [OE] Gather goes back ultimately to Germanic *gath ‘bring together, unite’ (which also produced English good). From it was derived *gadurī (source of English together), which in turn formed the basis of a verb *gadurōjan. Its offspring include… …

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  • 40gather up — verb to gather, assemble or collect, usually into a group …

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