[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to bring together into one group, collection, or place:to gather firewood; to gather the troops.Synonyms: hoard , garner , amass , accumulate Antonyms: disperse , separate", "to bring together or assemble from various places, sources, or people; collect gradually:The college is gathering a faculty from all over the country.Synonyms: hoard , garner , amass , accumulate", "to serve as a center of attention for; attract :A good football game always gathers a crowd.", "to pick or harvest (any crop or natural yield) from its place of growth or formation:to gather fruit; to gather flowers.Synonyms: garner , glean , reap , crop , pluck", "to pick up piece by piece:Gather your toys from the floor.", "to pick or scoop up:She gathered the crying child in her arms.", "to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.).", "to accumulate; increase :The storm gathers force.The car gathered speed.", "to take by selection from among other things; sort out; cull .", "to assemble or collect (one's energies or oneself ) as for an effort (often followed byup):He gathered up his strength for the hard job.", "to learn or conclude from observation; infer ; deduce :I gather that he is the real leader.Synonyms: understand , assume", "to wrap or draw around or close:He gathered his scarf around his neck.", "to contract (the brow) into wrinkles.", "to draw (cloth) up on a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches.", "Bookbinding.to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding.", "Nautical.to gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed.", "Metalworking.to increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations.", "Glassmaking.to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to come together around a central point; assemble :Let's gather round the fire and sing.Antonyms: disperse , separate", "to collect or accumulate:Clouds were gathering in the northeast.Synonyms: accrete", "to grow, as by accretion; increase .", "to become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth.", "to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a drawing together; contraction .", "Oftengathers.a fold or pucker, as in gathered cloth.", "an act or instance of gathering.", "an amount or number gathered, as during a harvest.", "Glassmaking.a mass of molten glass attached to the end of a punty."]}]