gathering

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Gather Source: opted

2. n. The act of collecting or bringing together. Source: opted

3. n. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together Source: opted

4. n. A crowd; an assembly; a congregation. Source: opted

5. n. A charitable contribution; a collection. Source: opted

6. n. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess. Source: opted

7. a. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. Source: opted

8. n. a group of persons together in one place Source: wordnet

9. n. the social act of assembling Source: wordnet

10. n. the act of gathering something Source: wordnet

11. n. sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching Source: wordnet

12. 1. The act of collecting or bringing together. 2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: (a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation. (b) A charitable contribution; a collection. (c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight. -- 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) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b) 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: webster

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