GATHER

Gather

Gathering is a sewing technique for shortening the length of a strip of fabric so that the longer piece can be attached to a shorter piece. It is commonly used in clothing to manage fullness, as when a full sleeve is attached to the armscye or cuff of a shirt, or when a skirt is attached to a bodice.

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gather

Noun

  1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
  2. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
  3. The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
  4. A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

Verb

  1. 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.
  1. Especially, to harvest food.
    We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
  2. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
    Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
  3. To congregate, or assemble.
    People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
    1. To grow gradually larger by accretion.
  1. To bring parts of a whole closer.
She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. To haul in; to take up.
    to gather the slack of a rope
  1. 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.
  2. To be filled with pus
    Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.
  3. To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
  4. To gain; to win.


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