Gather vs. Obtain
Gatherverb
To collect; normally separate things.
Gatherverb
Especially, to harvest food.
Gatherverb
To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
Gatherverb
(intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.
Gatherverb
(intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion.
Gatherverb
To bring parts of a whole closer.
Gatherverb
(sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
Gatherverb
(knitting) To bring stitches closer together.
Gatherverb
(architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
Gatherverb
(nautical) To haul in; to take up.
Gatherverb
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
Gatherverb
To be filled with pus
Gatherverb
(glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
Gatherverb
To gain; to win.
Gathernoun
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
Gathernoun
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
Gathernoun
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
Gathernoun
(glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
Gathernoun
A gathering.
Gatherverb
To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.
Gatherverb
To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.
Gatherverb
To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.
Gatherverb
To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle.
Gatherverb
To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude.
Gatherverb
To gain; to win.
Gatherverb
To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like.
Gatherverb
To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.
Gatherverb
To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
Gatherverb
To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
Gatherverb
To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.
Gatherverb
To collect or bring things together.
Gathernoun
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
Gathernoun
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
Gathernoun
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.
Gathernoun
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
Gathernoun
the act of gathering something
Gatherverb
assemble or get together;
Gatherverb
collect in one place;
Gatherverb
collect or gather;
Gatherverb
conclude from evidence;
Gatherverb
draw fabric together and sew it tightly
Gatherverb
get people together;
Gatherverb
look for (food) in nature;
Gatherverb
come together; assemble or accumulate
Gatherverb
bring together and take in from scattered places or sources
Gatherverb
pick something up
Gatherverb
harvest grain or other crops
Gatherverb
collect plants, fruits, etc., for food
Gatherverb
pull (someone) into one's arms
Gatherverb
increase in (speed, force, etc.)
Gatherverb
infer; understand
Gatherverb
summon up (a mental or physical attribute) for a purpose
Gatherverb
gain or recover (one's breath)
Gatherverb
draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it
Gathernoun
a part of a garment that is gathered.
Obtainverb
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
Obtainverb
To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
Obtainverb
To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
Obtainverb
To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.
Obtainverb
(intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.
Obtainverb
To hold; to keep; to possess.
Obtainverb
To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.
Obtainverb
To gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.
Obtainverb
To prevail; to succeed.
Obtainverb
come into possession of;
Obtainverb
receive a specified treatment (abstract);
Obtainverb
be valid, applicable, or true;
