to gather around
1gather around — Synonyms and related words: assemble, bunch, bunch up, clot, cluster, collect, come together, congregate, converge, copulate, couple, crowd, crystallize, date, draw up, fall in, fall into line, fall into place, fall into rank, flock together,… …
2gather — v. 1) (d; intr.) ( to assemble ) to gather around (they gathered around the speaker) 2) (d; tr.) ( to conclude ) to gather from (I gather from the expression on your face that you don t like the proposal) 3) (L) ( to conclude ) I gather that you… …
3gather — 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… …
4gather — Synonyms and related words: accouple, accumulate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, aggroup, ally, amass, approach, articulate, assemble, associate, assume, await, band, batch, be afraid, be imminent, be in store, believe, blast,… …
5gather — 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… …
6gather — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. infer, conclude; congregate, group, amass; collect, harvest, cull, pick, glean; cluster, huddle, herd; pleat; fester, suppurate. See assemblage, supposition, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To… …
7around — 1. preposition /əˈɹaʊnd,əˈɹæwnd/ a) Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing. I planted a row of lillies around the statue. b) Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point …
8gather — [v1] come or bring together accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, draw in, flock, forgather, gang up,… …
9gather someone into your arms — mainly literary phrase to put your arms around someone, especially to protect them Thesaurus: to protect or defend someone or somethingsynonym expressing affection physicallysynonym Main entry: gather …
10gather — 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… …