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Nouns (4)

gather, gathering

n. the act of gathering something

gather, gathering

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

Verbs (29)

v. raise; "up the ante"

gather, conclude from evidence

v. conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"

gather, understand, infer

v. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

gather, tuck, pucker

v. draw fabric together and sew it tightly

gather, garner, collect

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

gather, get together, assemble

v. get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"

gather, meet, assemble, forgather, foregather

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

gather, conglomerate, accumulate, cumulate, amass, pile up

v. collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

Adverbs (3)

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

Adjectives (12)

adj. used up; "time is up"

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

adj. open; "the windows are up"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

Fuzzynyms (237)

v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

assume, presume

v. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"

think, believe

v. judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

think, guess, suppose, imagine, reckon

v. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

acknowledge, recognize, know

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

shirr, bake eggs

v. bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs"

aggregate, combine

v. gather in a mass, sum, or whole

gather, get together, assemble

v. get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"

gather, meet, assemble, forgather, foregather

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

collect, get together, accumulate, pull in, bring together

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

gather, conglomerate, accumulate, cumulate, amass, pile up

v. collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

pick up, receive

v. register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"

concentrate, centralize, make central

v. make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

affiliate

v. join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"

consolidate

v. bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated"

mix, unify, mingle, commix, amalgamate

v. to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

aggregate, combine

v. gather in a mass, sum, or whole

press, squeeze, contract, compress, compact, constrict, press together, squeeze together

v. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

treasure, prize, value, appreciate, hold dear

v. hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"

appreciate

v. increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"

collect, get together, accumulate, pull in, bring together

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

gather, garner, collect

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

gather, conglomerate, accumulate, cumulate, amass, pile up

v. collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

bunch, bunch up, bunch together

v. form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"

herd, herd together

v. move together, like a herd

huddle, huddle together

v. crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"

fold, turn up, fold up

v. bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

bring together, round up

v. seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"

aggregate, combine

v. gather in a mass, sum, or whole

gather, get together, assemble

v. get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"

convene, meet formally

v. meet formally; "The council convened last week"

rally, ride, tease, rag, taunt, cod, bait, twit, tantalize

v. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

stop, halt, come to a halt, stop moving

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

stop, halt

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

holler, hollo, roar, clamor, clamour, vociferate

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

claim, make a claim to, ask for legally

v. ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"

gather, meet, assemble, forgather, foregather

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

ruck, pucker, ruck up

v. become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"

group, group together, aggroup, form a form

v. form a group or group together

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

pile up, heap up, stack up

v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

reserve, earmark, set aside, allow, appropriate

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

hold, reserve, retain

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

save, conserve, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

save, spend less

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

carry, stock, stockpile

v. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

gather, garner, collect

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

convene, meet formally

v. meet formally; "The council convened last week"

rally, ride, tease, rag, taunt, cod, bait, twit, tantalize

v. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

gather, garner, collect

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

fold, close, shut down, close down

v. cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"

sit, be in session

v. be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

rally, ride, tease, rag, taunt, cod, bait, twit, tantalize

v. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

summon, call for

v. ask to come; "summon a lawyer"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

collect, get together, accumulate, pull in, bring together

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

gather, garner, collect

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

aggregate, combine

v. gather in a mass, sum, or whole

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

Synonyms (42)

pick up, lift up, gather up

v. take and lift upward

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

Antonyms (18)

spread, extend, distribute, cause to spread

v. distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

pay, be worth it

v. be worth it; "It pays to go through the trouble"

mobilize, circulate

v. cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"

spread, extend, distribute, cause to spread

v. distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

gather up

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