Ingathering vs. Gathering

Ingatheringnoun

The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest

Gatheringnoun

A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

‘I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.’;

Ingatheringnoun

The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.

‘Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering.’;

Gatheringnoun

A group of people or things.

‘A gathering of fruit.’;

Ingatheringnoun

request for a sum of money;

‘an appeal to raise money for starving children’;

Gatheringnoun

(bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

‘This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.’;

Gatheringnoun

A charitable contribution; a collection.

Gatheringnoun

(medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Gatheringverb

present participle of gather

‘She enjoyed gathering wildflowers.’;

Gatheringnoun

The act of collecting or bringing together.

Gatheringnoun

That which is gathered, collected, or brought together

Gatheringadjective

Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.

Gatheringnoun

a group of persons together in one place

Gatheringnoun

the social act of assembling;

‘they demanded the right of assembly’;

Gatheringnoun

the act of gathering something

Gatheringnoun

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

Gatheringadjective

accumulating and becoming more intense;

‘the deepening gloom’; ‘felt a deepening love’; ‘the gathering darkness’; ‘the thickening dusk’;

Gatheringnoun

an assembly or meeting, especially one held for a specific purpose

‘a family gathering’;

Gatheringnoun

a group of leaves taken together, one inside another, in binding a book.