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/ˈɡæ.ðə.ɹɪŋ/Definitions
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
Example: I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
A group of people or things.
Example: A gathering of fruit.
A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
Example: This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
A charitable contribution; a collection.
/ˈɡæ.ðə.ɹɪŋ/Definitions
To collect; normally separate things.
Example: I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
To bring parts of a whole closer.
Example: She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
Example: From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.
(of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
Example: Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.
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That gathers together
Example: She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.