gathering

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Synonyms: fathering, lathering, withering, battering, dithering, blathering, nattering, adhering, garnering, feathering, catering

Antonyms: fathering, lathering, withering, battering, dithering, blathering, nattering, adhering, garnering, feathering, catering

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Noun

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
   • The dinner was a star-spangled gathering unequaled in history.
   • I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
2. A group of people or things.
   • a gathering of Catholics
3. A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
   • This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
4. A charitable contribution; a collection.
5. The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
6. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of gather

Adjective

1. That gathers together.
   • She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.

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