(~s, assembling, ~d)
1.
When people ~ or when someone ~s them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
There wasn’t even a convenient place for students to ~ between classes...
Thousands of people, mainly Zulus, ~d in a stadium in Thokoza...
He has ~d a team of experts to handle queries...
= gather
VERB: V, V in/at n, V n
2.
To ~ something means to collect it together or to fit the different parts of it together.
Greenpeace managed to ~ enough boats to waylay the ship at sea...
VERB: V n