gather vs scrim

gather

noun
  • A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

scrim

noun
  • A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes. 

  • A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted. 

  • A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light. 

  • A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,. 

  • A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf. 

  • Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc. 

  • A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament. 

verb
  • To participate in a scrim. 

  • To use a scrim. 

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