gather

Definition for gather

verb as in be led to believe; infer

verb as in harvest, pick out

Strongest matches

draw, pick up

Weak matches

ingather, take in

verb as in gain, increase

Strongest match

build

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Once people could gather again, many maintained the mail-order habit; many more adopted it.

Catholic bishops issued a special statement during this week’s annual United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gathering in Baltimore.

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Not surprisingly, this melancholy picture celebrates and mourns Langhe, a region imperiled by global warming and encroaching industrialization that threaten the once-fecund practice of truffle gathering.

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Ominous clouds gathered on Wall Street this week—and may have passed just as quickly.

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The data gathered will support future efforts to document calving events and better understand the rapid decline of ice sheets.

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