gather up
Pull into pile
To gather up is to collect scattered things into a group or bundle: She gathered up the papers from the floor.
The "up" adds a sense of completion or thoroughness—you're not just gathering but consolidating everything.
It often implies preparing to leave or tidy: He gathered up his belongings and headed for the door.
- collectBring items together
- pick upLift and take
- bundleGathered items tied together
- assembleJoin parts together
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
bring together · scrape together · acquire · glean · accumulate · congregate · round up · get · scoop · heap · amass · muster · sweep up · clean up · pick up the pieces · hoard · pull together · rake
gather upscatter
Distribute in random directions
disperse · spread out · strew · distribute · disseminate
gather uphand out
Distribute to recipients
give away · dole out · pass out · deal out · parcel out
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Fall or release
discard · throw down · throw away · let go · release
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