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

synoniem: gathering.

Roget 258: fold, plicature^†, plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature^†, gather, wrinkle, rimple^†, crinkle, crankle^†, crumple, rumple, rivel^†, ruck^†, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce^†, flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet; plication^†.    ... meer laten zien

The act of gathering something.

synoniem: gathering.

Nederlands: inname
Pools: zbieranie, gromadzenie

Assemble or get together:
— Gather some stones.

synoniemen: collect, garner, pull together.

Roget 775: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect etc. (assemble) 72; pick, pickup; glean.    find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest.    profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket etc. (wealth) 803.    treasure up etc. (store) 636; realize, clear; produce etc. 161; take etc. 789.    get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate^†, replevy [Law], redeem, come by one's own.    come by, come in for; receive etc. 785; inherit; step into a fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to.    get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession.    be profitable etc. adj.; pay, answer.    accrue etc. (be received) 785.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 480: judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind.    deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet^†, ween^†.    form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon etc. (believe) 484; review; size up [Slang].    settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce, rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm etc. (assent) 488.    comment, criticize, kibitz; pass under review etc. (examine) 457; investigate etc. (inquire) 461.    hold the scales, sit in judgment; try judgment, hear a cause.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 194: become larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate^†, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon [Fr.], shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun.    be larger than; surpass etc. (be superior) 33.    render larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram; exaggerate; fatten.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, pluck; gather etc. (get) 775; draw.    appropriate, expropriate, impropriate^†; assume, possess oneself of; take possession of; commandeer; lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on; help oneself to; make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution; intercept; scramble for; deprive of.    take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem^†; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal etc. 791; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave^†.    snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on.    get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of.    catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at; reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand.    take from, take away from; disseize^†; deduct etc. 38; retrench etc. (curtail) 201; dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp; tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from; extort; deprive of, bereave; disinherit, cut off with a shilling.    oust etc. (eject) 297; divest; levy, distrain, confiscate; sequester, sequestrate; accroach^†; usurp; despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume^†, impoverish, eat out of house and home; drain, drain to the dregs; gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up; absorb etc. (suck in) 296; draw off; suck the blood of, suck like a leech.    retake, resume; recover etc. 775.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: bijeenzoeken

Collect in one place:
— Let's gather in the dining room.

synoniemen: assemble, foregather, forgather, meet.

Roget 72: assemble [be or come together], collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble.    [get or bring together] assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate^†; get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate^†; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate^†; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup^†, concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate etc. (store) 636; collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: bijeenkomen, samenkomen, verenigen, verzamelen

Collect or gather.

synoniemen: accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up.

Nederlands: ophopen, opstapelen

Conclude from evidence.

Draw together into folds or puckers.

synoniemen: pucker, tuck.

Roget 258: fold, double, plicate^†, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle^†, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple^†, rumple, flute, frizzle, frounce^†, rivel^†, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple^†, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck^†, hem, gather.    ... meer laten zien

Get people together:
— Gather the close family members.

synoniemen: assemble, get together.

Draw and bring closer.

Nederlands: bijeenkomen

Look for (food) in nature.

Increase or develop:
— The car gathers speed.

synoniem: gain.