gather
/ˈɡæðɚ/ noun C2- 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.
- A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
- A gathering.
Plural gathers
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Do not let me interfere with you in anything, my friend,” said the count; “gather your strawberries, if, indeed, there are any left.”
It is, as I gather from your original remarks, an inexplicable, or at least an unexplained, murder.
And most of the wolves began to gather round Shere Khan, whose tail was beginning to switch.
Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make _their_ eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.
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