gathers
Pulls into one
Gathers are small folds or pleats in fabric, created by drawing material together along a line of stitching to add fullness: The gathers at the waist give the skirt its shape.
In sewing, gathering allows a wider piece of fabric to fit a narrower one while creating soft, controlled bunching.
Doubled-over fabric folds
- tucksStitched fabric folds
- ruchesPleated fabric trimmings
- puckersContracts into wrinkles
- foldsBends upon itself
fabric · fullness · drapes · bunches · cinches · drawstring · smocking · waistband
Constructing from components
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
forum · council · caucus · rally · session · symposium · convocation · conclave
Collects in one place
- convenesFormally gathers a group
- collectsGathers and keeps
- amassesGathers in large quantities
- accumulatesGathers in increasing quantity
groups · clusters · bundles · pools · consolidates · masses · musters · rallies
Gathers a crop
- picksSelections from options
- plucksRemoves by pulling
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- yieldsGives forth results
gleans · forages · collects · winnows · threshes · bundles · sheaves · autumn
Creates by assembling parts
- growsIncreases in amount
- swellsEnlarges or billows
- mountsClimbs onto or riding horses
- accumulatesGathers in increasing quantity
intensifies · escalates · rises · snowballs · strengthens · gains · picks up · multiplies
pleats
Doubled-over fabric folds
folds · fabric · fullness · drapes · bunches · cinches · drawstring · smocking · waistband · bodice
assembly
Constructing from components
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
conference · forum · council · caucus · rally · session · symposium · convocation · conclave · powwow
congregates
Collects in one place
accumulates · groups · clusters · bundles · pools · consolidates · masses · musters · rallies · rounds up
reaps
Gathers a crop
yields · gleans · forages · collects · winnows · threshes · bundles · sheaves · autumn · bounty
builds
Creates by assembling parts
accumulates · intensifies · escalates · rises · snowballs · strengthens · gains · picks up · multiplies · expands
deduces
Reaches by reasoning
- concludesBrings to an end
- understandsMentally grasps meaning
- surmisesInfers without certainty
gleans · discerns · perceives · assumes · reasons · figures · reckons · extracts · pieces together · works out
- dressmakingsewing, fabric, pattern, fitting, hem
- preparationprepare, preparing, ready, readies, readiness
- foldsfolds, fold, pleats, pleat, creases
- mobilizesactivates, rallies, deploys, recruits, musters
- storingstoring, stashing, stowing, putting away, keeping
- salvage verbsrescues, saves, recovers, retrieves, reclaims
gathersscatters
Distributes irregularly about
disperses · distributes · spreads · disseminates · broadcasts
gathersdistributes
Apportions to multiple parties
disperses · dispenses · gives away · disseminates · parcels out
- gathering dustUnused and accumulating particles
- family gatheringRelatives meeting socially
- news gatheringCollecting information for publication
- gather dustFall into disuse
- gather upCollect dispersed items
- gathered dustAccumulated grime from disuse
gather, gathering, gathered, gatherer, gatherers, regather, regathering, ungathered, regathers