To bring parts of a whole closer.
To grow gradually larger by accretion.
To bring stitches closer together.
To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
To haul in; to take up.
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
To congregate, or assemble.
Especially, to harvest food.
To collect; normally separate things.
To gain; to win.
To be filled with pus
To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
A gathering.
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
To isolate.
To surround with water; make into an island.
To set, dot (as if) with islands.
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
A roundabout; A traffic circle.
A bench, counter, etc., that is not connected to a wall or other furniture and which can be used from any side.
A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; A peninsula; A half-island.
A traffic island.
A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.