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  • 1gather dust — phrase to not be used or touched by anyone for a long time Too often, expensive toys just gather dust. Thesaurus: words used to describe extent of usehyponym to use something, or to be usedsynonym Main entry: gather * * * …

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  • 2gather dust — to not be used or touched by anyone for a long time Too often, expensive toys just gather dust …

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  • 3gather dust —    An idea, plan or project which is gathering dust is in fact stagnating or has not attracted attention for some time.     Just before the elections, the outgoing mayor produced plans for a new bridge which had been gathering dust for several… …

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  • 4gather dust — to be forgotten or not used. Hugh s tennis racket has just been gathering dust since he hurt his back …

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  • 5gather — gath|er1 W2S2 [ˈgæðə US ər] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(come together)¦ 2¦(know/think)¦ 3¦(collect)¦ 4 gather speed/force/momentum etc 5 gather dust 6¦(cloth)¦ 7 gather yourself/your strength/your thoughts 8¦(clouds/darkness)¦ 9 gather somebody to you/gather… …

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  • 6gather — 1 verb 1 COME TOGETHER (I) to come together and form a group: On Fridays the men gather together at the mosque. | Tens of thousands of people had gathered outside the US embassy. | gather around/round: I d like everyone to gather round so I can… …

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  • 7gather — [[t]gæ̱ðə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ gathers, gathering, gathered 1) V ERG If people gather somewhere, they come together in a group. [V prep/adv] In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked... [V n with together] The man signalled for me to… …

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  • 8gather — gath|er1 [ gæðər ] verb *** ▸ 1 come together ▸ 2 search for and find ▸ 3 increase ▸ 4 bring things together ▸ 5 believe when not told ▸ 6 when clouds appear ▸ 7 make many folds in cloth ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive if people… …

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  • 9dust — n. 1) to gather; raise dust 2) fine, powdery dust 3) cosmic; gold; radioactive; volcanic dust 4) a cloud; layer; particle of dust 5) dust collects; settles 6) (misc.) from dust to dust * * * [dʌst] gold layer …

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  • 10gather — I UK [ˈɡæðə(r)] / US [ˈɡæðər] verb Word forms gather : present tense I/you/we/they gather he/she/it gathers present participle gathering past tense gathered past participle gathered *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] if people gather, or if someone …

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