A gathering.
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
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 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 bring parts of a whole closer.
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.
A large body of individuals, especially persons.
Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
Synonym of weight
A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
Celebration of the Eucharist.
The lower classes of persons.
The sacrament of the Eucharist.
The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
A musical setting of parts of the mass.
A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
The principal part; the main body.
A large quantity; a sum.
Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
To assemble in a mass