Gang

v. i.	1.	To go; to walk.
n.	1.	A going; a course.
	2.	A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
	3.	A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
	4.	(Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.
	5.	(Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
	6.	A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or less formalized group associating for social purposes, in some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen gang; a youth gang; a street gang.
	7.	A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a criminal organization; as, the Parker gang. Gang board a - (Naut.) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. b - A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. Gang cask a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck. Gang cultivator a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time. Gang days Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below). Gang drill a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. Gang master a master or employer of a gang of workmen. Gang plank See Gang board (above). Gang plow See Gang cultivator (above). Gang press a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates. Gang saw a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart. Gang tide See Gang week (below). Gang tooth a projecting tooth. Gang week Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. - Halliwell. Live gang the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. - Halliwell. Slabbing gang an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam. - Knight.

Noun	1.	gang - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" Synonyms: mob, pack, ring
	2.	gang - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" Synonyms: bunch, crowd, crew
	3.	gang - an organized group of workmen Synonyms: work party, crew
	4.	gang - tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
Verb	1.	gang - act as an organized group Synonyms: gang up

To dream that you are a gang member, signifies your need to achieve and accomplish things through force and intimidation. To dream that you are confronted or threatened by a gang, signifies circumstances or situations in your waking life which are overwhelming and you feel has ganged up on you.Bund, Rochdale cooperative, affiliate, age group, alliance, ally, army, assemblage, associate, association, axis, band together, battalion, be in cahoots, bevy, bloc, body, brigade, bunch, bunch up, cabal, cast, cement a union, centralize, circle, clique, club, club together, coalition, cohort, college, colony, combination, combine, come together, common market, commute, complement, confederacy, confederate, confederation, consociate, conspire, consumer cooperative, contingent, cooperative, cooperative society, corps, coterie, council, couple, course, cover ground, covey, credit union, crew, crowd, customs union, detachment, detail, division, drift, drive, drove, economic community, employees, faction, fare, fare forth, federalize, federate, federation, fetch, fleet, flit, flock, flow, force, free trade area, gam, gang up, go, go along, go in partners, go in partnership, grouping, groupment, help, herd, hie, hired help, hook up with, host, in-group, join forces, join fortunes with, join together, join up with, join with, junta, kennel, league, litter, machine, marry, men, mob, move, move along, move on, movement, organize, out-group, outfit, overwhelm, pack, pair, pair off, partner, partnership, party, pass, peer group, personnel, phalanx, platoon, pod, political machine, posse, pride, progress, regiment, retinue, ring, roll, roll on, run, salon, sashay, school, servantry, set, shoal, skulk, sloth, society, squad, stable, staff, stand together, stand up with, stream, string, team, team up with, team with, the help, throw in with, tie in with, tie up with, travel, tribe, trip, troupe, union, unionize, unite with, wayfare, wed, wend, wing