n. 25B6; verb
we gathered in the hotel lobby : CONGREGATE, assemble, meet, collect, come/get together, convene, muster, rally, converge; cluster together, crowd, mass, flock together; formal foregather.
he gathered his family together : SUMMON, call together, bring together, assemble, convene, rally, round up, muster, marshal.
knick-knacks she had gathered over the years : COLLECT, accumulate, amass, garner, accrue; store, stockpile, hoard, put by/away, lay by/in; informal stash away, squirrel away.
they gathered corn from the fields : HARVEST, reap, crop; pick, pluck; collect.
the show soon gathered a fanatical following : ATTRACT, draw, pull, pull in, collect, pick up.
I gather he's a keen footballer : UNDERSTAND, be given to understand, believe, be led to believe, think, conclude, deduce, infer, assume, take it, surmise, fancy; hear, hear tell, learn, discover.
he gathered her to his chest : CLASP, clutch, pull, embrace, enfold, hold, hug, cuddle, squeeze; poetic/literary embosom; archaic strain.
his tunic was gathered at the waist : PLEAT, shirr, pucker, tuck, fold, ruffle.
disperse.