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GATHER UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gather up mean? 

GATHER UP (verb)
  The verb GATHER UP has 2 senses:

1. take and lift upwardplay

2. gather or collectplay

  Familiarity information: GATHER UP used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GATHER UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Take and lift upward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

gather up; lift up; pick up

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

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Gather or collect

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

call for; collect; gather up; pick up

Context example:

They pick up our trash twice a week

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

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


 Context examples 


“I can see where they have stooped to gather up the shaft.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By St. Christopher! it is indeed a fair and goodly life which you have chosen, for you gather up the spoil as a Warsash man gathers lobsters, without grace or favor from any man.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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