Definition of Gathering

1. Noun. A group of persons together in one place.


2. Noun. The social act of assembling. "They demanded the right of assembly"

3. Noun. The act of gathering something.
Exact synonyms: Gather
Generic synonyms: Aggregation, Assembling, Collecting, Collection
Specialized synonyms: Centralisation, Centralization, Harvest, Harvest Home, Harvesting
Derivative terms: Gather, Gather, Gather

4. Noun. Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching.
Exact synonyms: Gather
Generic synonyms: Sewing, Stitchery
Derivative terms: Gather, Gather

Definition of Gathering

1. n. The act of collecting or bringing together.

2. a. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.

Definition of Gathering

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gathering

1. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. Gathering board, a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning. Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them. Gathering peat. A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gathering

gaters
Gates
Gates of the Arctic National Park
gateway
gateways
gateway drug
Gateway to the West
gath
gather
gather
gathered
gathered skirt
gatherer
gatherers
gathering (current term)
gathering (current term)
gathering(a)
gatherings
gathering place
gathers
gather in
gather up
Gathic
gaths
gating
gating
gatings
gating current
gating mechanism
Gatling

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