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GATHER IN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does gather in mean?

• GATHER IN (verb)
The verb GATHER IN has 1 sense:

1. fold up

Familiarity information: GATHER IN used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GATHER IN (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Fold up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

gather in; take in

Context example:

take in the sails

Hypernyms (to "gather in" is one way to...):

furl; roll up (form into a cylinder by rolling)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gather in"):

incorporate (unite or merge with something already in existence)

coal (take in coal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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