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Associations to the word «Gathering»

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Wiktionary

GATHERING, noun. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
GATHERING, noun. A group of people or things.
GATHERING, noun. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
GATHERING, noun. A charitable contribution; a collection.
GATHERING, noun. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
GATHERING, verb. Present participle of gather
GATHERING BOARD, noun. (bookbinding) A table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
GATHERING COAL, noun. A lighted coal left smothered in embers overnight, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning.
GATHERING DUST, verb. Present participle of gather dust
GATHERING HOOP, noun. A hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them.
GATHERING ROSEBUDS, verb. Present participle of gather rosebuds

Dictionary definition

GATHERING, noun. A group of persons together in one place.
GATHERING, noun. The social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly".
GATHERING, noun. The act of gathering something.
GATHERING, noun. Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.