Gathering
['gæð(ə)rɪŋ] or ['ɡæðərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gather
(n.) The act of collecting or bringing together.
(n.) That which is gathered, collected, or brought together
(n.) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
(n.) A charitable contribution; a collection.
(n.) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
(a.) Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Acquisition, collecting, procuring, earning, gain.[2]. Assemblage, assembly, company, meeting, collection, concourse, congregation, muster.[3]. Abscess, sore, ulcer, fester, imposthume, pustule.
Editor: Nolan
Examples
- Three yellow squares of light shone above us in the gathering gloom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He made sundials, water clocks, and similar apparatus, a little last gleam of experimental science in the gathering ignorance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I tried vainly, in the gathering darkness, to see his face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He forced back the gathering shadows of death, as he forced his clenched right hand to remain clenched, and to cover his wound. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They were gathering a heart again, they were coming once more into being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This IS a gathering of the clans. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Gathering me to his breast, pressing his lips on my lips: so, Jane! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Try lower down, and pick those that have no thorns, said Amy, gathering three of the tiny cream-colored ones that starred the wall behind her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He had again been gathering fruit and this he laid at the entrance of her bower. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He was busy just then gathering support among the German princes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a huge gathering at the stations at each end of the line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Students had to come at great cost to themselves to this crowded centre because there was no other way of gathering even scraps of knowledge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then Mrs. Boucher began in a low, growling tone, gathering in wildness as she went on: 'He _is_ his father's darling, I say. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But he felt something icy gathering at his heart. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This gathering-place was not a town. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some of the office employees would also drop in once in a while, and as everybody present was always welcome to partake of the midnight meal, we all enjoyed these gatherings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She was a stranger to all such local gatherings, and had always held them as scarcely appertaining to her sphere. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- These gatherings are notoriously untruthful--in fact, there is a genial pleasure in not telling the truth about one's salad days in the socialist movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The character and good faith of Nicholas II, who initiated these Hague gatherings, we will not discuss at any length here. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Council was to meet once a year; the gatherings of the Assembly were to be at stated intervals, not stated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Molly