gather in WordNet English dictionary

1. collect or gather
   "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
   accumulate  cumulate  conglomerate  pile up  gather  amass 
   
2. collect in one place
   "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
   meet  gather  assemble  forgather  foregather 
   
3. get people together
   "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"
   assemble  gather  get together 
   
4. assemble or get together
   "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
   gather  garner  collect  pull together 
   
5. increase or develop
   "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed"
   gain  gather 
   
6. conclude from evidence
   "I gather you have not done your homework"
   gather 
   
7. draw together into folds or puckers
   gather  pucker  tuck 
   
8. look for (food) in nature
   "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"
   gather 
   
9. draw and bring closer
   "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders"
   gather 
   

1. the act of gathering something
   gather  gathering 
   
2. sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
   gather  gathering