Englisch > Deutsch | |
gather | |
1. Verb: | |
2. (transitiv) | |
3. [1] allgemein [Blumen pflücken, Informationen, Gedanken, Steuern/Gebühren-Geld eintreiben]: sammeln, zusammensuchen (erlangen) | |
4. [2] [Mut, Kraft/ Stärke, Geschwindigkeit]: erhöhen | |
5. [3] geistig; eher umgangssprachlich verwendet | |
6. [3.1] etwas verstehen | |
7. [3.2] vom Hörensagen wissen; annehmen, weil es den Anschein hat: etwas glauben, meinen, gehört haben (dass…) | |
8. [3.3] ('to gather from something that …') aus etwas schließen, dass … | |
9. [4] etwas näher heran machen: | |
10. [2.1] [Decke um sich] wickeln; [Haare in einem Knoten] zusammenmachen | |
11. [2.2] ('to gather somebody in one's arms') jemanden in die Arme nehmen | |
12. [5] Mode, meist passiv: kräuseln, raffen (viele kleine Falten) | |
13. (intransitiv) | |
14. [6] zusammenkommen | |
15. [6.1] sich ansammeln | |
16. [6.2] [Menschenmenge]: sich versammeln, zusammenkommen | |
17. [6.3] Wetter [Wolken]: sich zusammenziehen; [Sturm]: sich zusammenbrauen | |
18. [7] Electronic Sports League: gathern | |
[1] Bees were gathering pollen from the wild flowers. | |
Bienen suchten Pollen von wilden Blumen zusammen. | |
[2] The train pulled away slowly, then gathered speed. | |
Der Zug fuhr langsam an und erhöhte dann die Geschwindigkeit. | |
Englisch > Englisch | |
gather | |
1. v. To collect; normally separate things. | |
I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with. | |
She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair. | |
2. v. Especially, to harvest food. | |
We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane. | |
3. v. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little. | |
Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To congregate, or assemble. | |
People gathered round as he began to tell his story. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion. | |
6. v. To bring parts of a whole closer. | |
She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold. | |
7. v. (sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width. | |
A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped. | |
8. v. (knitting) To bring stitches closer together. | |
Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting. | |
If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline. | |
9. v. (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 t | |
10. v. (nautical) To haul in; to take up. | |
to gather the slack of a rope | |
11. v. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source. | |
From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well. | |
I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match. | |
12. v. (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus | |
Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst. | |
13. v. (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool. | |
14. v. To gain; to win. | |
15. subst. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. | |
16. subst. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward. | |
17. subst. The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb). | |
18. subst. (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe. | |
19. subst. A gathering. | |