gathering round
- huddleClose protective gathering
- circlingMoving around a center
- crowdingExcessive gathering in limited space
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
- assemblingFitting parts together
fireplace · storytelling · encircling · converging · drawn · warmth · closeness · curious · onlookers · spectators · campfire · listening · sharing · intimate · collective · surrounding · flock · swarm
spatial movement and proximity
gathering rounddispersing
Spreading widely apart
scattering · spreading out · moving away · drifting apart · fanning out
social cohesion and attention
gathering roundturning away
Redirecting oneself elsewhere
ignoring · shunning · avoiding · disengaging · walking away
social cohesion
gathering roundbreaking up
Ending a romantic relationship
splitting up · disbanding · dispersing · fragmenting · drifting apart