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gathering

10 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. gathering (noun)
  2. gather (verb)
  3. gathering coal (noun)
  4. gathering hoop (noun)
  5. gathering iron (noun)
  6. gathering machine (noun)
  7. gathering pallet (noun)
  8. gathering peat (noun)
  9. gathering ring (noun)
  10. gathering table (noun)

gathering

noun

Definition of GATHERING

1
: assembly, meeting
2
: a suppurating swelling : abscess
3
: the collecting of food or raw materials from the wild
4
: collection, compilation
5
: a gather in cloth
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Examples of GATHERING

  1. I see my cousins only at occasional family gatherings.
  2. dinner parties and other social gatherings
  3. a gathering of political leaders

First Known Use of GATHERING

before 12th century

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