To haul in; to take up.
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 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.
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 lift with a sudden or violent motion.
To masturbate
To subject to trials; to harass.
To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
To discard; to throw away.
To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
To vomit.
To throw with an initial upward direction.
To agitate; to make restless.
To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
To stir or mix (a salad).
A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
concern or consideration.
The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
A state of agitation; commotion.
A measure of sprats.
A haughty throwing up of the head.