gather: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with G · ends with R
Meaning of gather
verb
To collect normally separate things.
Example: I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
To collect normally separate things. Especially, to harvest food.
Example: We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
To collect normally separate things. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
Example: Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
- intransitive
To collect normally separate things. To congregate, or assemble.
Example: People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
Listed forms: gathers, gathering, gathered, gether.
Source: Wiktionary — gather.
noun
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather.
A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
Listed forms: gathers, gether.
Source: Wiktionary — gather.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for gather.
noun
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
noun
the act of gathering something
verb
assemble or get together
verb
collect in one place
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is gather in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of gather
G(2) + A(1) + T(1) + H(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of gather
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from gather
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