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Gather vs. Gether — What's the Difference?

Gather vs. Gether — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Gather and Gether

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Gather

Come together; assemble or accumulate
As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

Gether

Alternative form of gather

Gather

Bring together and take in from scattered places or sources
Information that we have gathered about people

Gether

According to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, Gether (Hebrew: גֶּ֫תֶר‎ Ḡeṯer; Aather in Arabic) was the third son of Aram, son of Shem. He appears only twice in the Hebrew Bible, and both times is only mentioned in passing in genealogical lists.

Gather

Increase in (speed, force, etc.)
The destroyer gathered speed
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Gather

Infer; understand
I gathered that they were old friends

Gather

Summon up (a mental or physical attribute) for a purpose
She lay gathering her thoughts together
He gathered himself for a tremendous leap

Gather

Draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it
The front is gathered at the waist

Gather

A part of a garment that is gathered.

Gather

To collect from different places; assemble
Gather the pieces of a puzzle.
Gather information.

Gather

To cause to come together; convene
The teacher gathered the students around the exhibit.

Gather

To draw (something or someone) closer to oneself
Gathered the shawl about my shoulders.
Gathered the child in her arms.

Gather

To draw into small folds or puckers, as by pulling a thread through cloth.

Gather

To contract and wrinkle (the brow).

Gather

To harvest or pick
Gather crops.
Gather mushrooms.

Gather

To conclude or infer, as from evidence
I gather a decision has not been reached.

Gather

To summon up; muster
Gathered up his courage.

Gather

To accumulate (something) gradually; amass
The top of the bookshelf gathered dust.

Gather

To attract or be the center of attraction for
The jugglers gathered a large crowd.

Gather

To gain by a process of gradual increase
Gather speed.

Gather

To pick up or collect (molten glass) using a tool in glassblowing.

Gather

To come together in a group; assemble
A crowd gathered in the lobby.

Gather

To accumulate
Dark clouds are gathering.

Gather

To grow or increase by degrees
The truck's speed gathered on the downslope.

Gather

To come to a head, as a boil; fester.

Gather

To forage for wild foodstuffs.

Gather

The act or an instance of gathering.

Gather

A small fold or pucker made by gathering cloth.

Gather

A mass of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe or other glassblowing tool.

Gather

To collect; normally separate things.
I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.

Gather

Especially, to harvest food.
We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.

Gather

To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.

Gather

(intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.
People gathered round as he began to tell his story.

Gather

(intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion.

Gather

To bring parts of a whole closer.
She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.

Gather

(sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.

Gather

(knitting) To bring stitches closer together.
Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.
If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.

Gather

(architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.

Gather

(nautical) To haul in; to take up.
To gather the slack of a rope

Gather

To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.
I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.

Gather

To be filled with pus
Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.

Gather

(glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.

Gather

To gain; to win.

Gather

A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.

Gather

The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

Gather

The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).

Gather

(glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

Gather

A gathering.

Gather

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.
And Belgium's capital had gathered themHer beauty and her chivalry.
When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together.

Gather

To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.
A rose just gathered from the stalk.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Gather us from among the heathen.

Gather

To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by degrees.

Gather

To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle.
Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to standIn act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.

Gather

To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude.
Let me say no more!Gather the sequel by that went before.

Gather

To gain; to win.
He gathers ground upon her in the chase.

Gather

To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like.

Gather

To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.

Gather

To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
When small humors gather to a gout.
Tears from the depth of some divine despairRise in the heart, and gather to the eyes.

Gather

To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
Their snowball did not gather as it went.

Gather

To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.

Gather

To collect or bring things together.
Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed.

Gather

A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.

Gather

The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

Gather

Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

Gather

The act of gathering something

Gather

Assemble or get together;
Gather some stones
Pull your thoughts together

Gather

Collect in one place;
We assembled in the church basement
Let's gather in the dining room

Gather

Collect or gather;
Journals are accumulating in my office
The work keeps piling up

Gather

Conclude from evidence;
I gather you have not done your homework

Gather

Draw fabric together and sew it tightly

Gather

Get people together;
Assemble your colleagues
Get together all those who are interested in the project
Gather the close family members

Gather

Look for (food) in nature;
Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall

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