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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.

Beispielsätze

We gather here once a week. 
    Wir versammeln uns hier einmal in der Woche.
On Mid-Autumn Day, families gather, eat moon cake together, and watch the moon. 
    Am Mitte-Herbst-Tag versammeln sich die Familien, essen gemeinsam Mondkuchen und betrachten den Mond.



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