gather
part of speech
verb (gather, gathers, gathered, gathering)
meaning for a pupil
1) To gather is to come together in one place as a group. tree →
2) To gather things is to collect them from different places. tree →
3) To gather can mean to understand from what you heard: «I gather you are new.» tree →
4) To gather speed or strength is to slowly get more of it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school life pupils gather on the carpet or in the hall. In history and science early people gathered nuts and berries (hunter-gatherers); bees gather nectar; squirrels gather nuts for winter. In stories clouds gather before a storm and a crowd gathers. Phrases: gather round, gather together, gather up, gather information, gather speed.
examples
- Gather round and listen to the story. tree →
- We gathered shells on the beach. tree →
- Squirrels gather nuts for the winter. tree →
- A crowd gathered to watch the parade. tree →
- Dark clouds gathered in the sky. tree →
- The train gathered speed. tree →
- Gather up your things, it's time to go. tree →
- Scientists gather data in experiments. tree →
- The Queen gathered together the lilies. tree →
note
Regular verb (gathered). Noun: gathering (a meeting of people). «Hunter-gatherers» hunted animals and collected wild plants instead of farming. In science, «gather data» means collect results.
In the corpora
- A protest is people gathering to show they strongly agree or disagree with something; in free countries peaceful protest is a right.
- Goldfish quickly learn that a person near the tank means food is coming, and they gather at the front.
- Arctic hares can hop on their back legs like a kangaroo when they run fast, and they sometimes gather in groups of hundreds.
- This is the last lesson of the course, so it gathers the big ideas once more.
- In Hawaii, tiger sharks gather every summer when young albatrosses learn to fly and drop into the sea.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «gather» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.