Gathering

n.	1.	The act of collecting or bringing together.
	2.	That which is gathered, collected, or brought together
a.	1.	Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. Gathering board (Bookbinding) a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Gathering coal a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning. - Knight. Gathering hoop a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them. Gathering peat a - A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. b - In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.

Noun	1.	gathering - a group of persons together in one place Synonyms: assemblage
	2.	gathering - the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" Synonyms: assemblage, assembly
	3.	gathering - the act of gathering something Synonyms: gather
	4.	gathering - sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching Synonyms: gather
Adj.	1.	gathering - accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering darkness"; "the thickening dusk" Synonyms: deepening, thickening

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