In mech., to fit into; fit together: used in speaking of the teeth of gears.
Nautical, to overtake another vessel: a vessel is said to gather on another when it is overtaking it.
noun.
A plait or fold in cloth held in position by a thread drawn through it.
noun.
A slight forward inclination of the axle-spindle of a carriage, to insure the even running of the wheel.
To bring or draw together; assemble; congregate; collect; make a collection or aggregation of.
To take by selection from among other things; sort out or separate, as what is desired or valuable; cull; pick; pluck.
To bring closer together the component parts of; draw into smaller compass, as a garment; hence, to make folds in, as the brow by contracting it.
Hence In sewing, to full or shirr (a piece of cloth) by running a thread through it and then drawing it in small puckers by means of the thread.
In building, to contract or close in, as a drain or chimney.
To acquire or gain, with or without effort; accumulate; win.
To accumulate by saving and bringing together; amass.
To collect or learn by observation or reasoning; infer; conclude.
To bring into order; arrange; settle.
In glass manufacturing, to collect from the pot (a mass of molten glass) on the end of an iron tube, preparatory to blowing. This operation is performed by a workman called a gatherer. See gatherer, 6.
To reap, cull, crop.
To hoard, heap up.
To collect; congregate; come together: as, the clouds gather in the west.
To increase; grow larger by accretion.
To come to a head, as a sore in suppurating.
Synonyms To come together, muster, cluster.