n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: GROUP 1, assemble, cluster, collect, round up
Related Words: choose, cull, pick, select; accumulate, amass
Idioms: separate the wheat from the chaff ( or the sheep from the goats)
Contrasted Words: dispel, disperse, dissipate
Antonyms: scatter
2
Synonyms: REAP , garner, harvest, ingather
Related Words: cull, pick, pluck; heap, mass, pile, stack
3
Synonyms: GLEAN , cull, extract, garner, pick up
4
Synonyms: INFER , collect, conclude, deduce, deduct, derive, draw, judge, make, make out
Related Words: catch, fathom, follow, grasp, take in
Idioms: put two and two together
5
Synonyms: UNDERSTAND 3, assume, believe, expect, imagine, ||reckon, suppose, suspect, take, think
6 to bring or come together FF1C; a crowd gathered to watch the fight FF1E;
Synonyms: assemble, collect, congregate, congress, forgather, muster, raise, rendezvous; compare GROUP 1
Related Words: aggregate, troop; affiliate, ally, associate, league; encounter, meet
Contrasted Words: break up, disband, disperse, part, separate; disintegrate, disorganize, dissolve
Antonyms: scatter
7
Synonyms: LOOM 2, brew, forthcome, impend