Gather
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward. The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb). A piece of molten glass colected on the end of a blowpipe.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To collect; normally separate things. # Especially, to harvest food. #: We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane. # To accumulate over time, to amass little by little. #: Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs. # To congregate, or assemble. #: People gathered round as he began to tell his story. To bring parts of a whole closer. # 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. # 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. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source. To be filled with pus To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
Example sentence: She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.
Gathering
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.A group of people or things.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together
Example sentence: I hate partying. If I'm forced to go to a party or a social gathering, I go in at 9:30 and leave at 10 P.M.