GATHERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gathered mean? 

• GATHERED (adjective)
  The adjective GATHERED has 1 sense:

1. brought together in one place

  Familiarity information: GATHERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GATHERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brought together in one place

Classified under:

Participial adjectives

Synonyms:

collected; gathered

Context example:

the gathered folds of the skirt

Antonym:

ungathered (not brought together in one place)

Participle:

gather (assemble or get together)

 Context examples 

One day a number of men gathered about the pen.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I think that we have gathered all that we can.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He gathered up the letters thoughtfully, smoothing them with his hand; put them into their little bundle; and placed it tenderly in his breast again.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"He's a born Weller," laughed Jo, as her parent gathered himself up, and her nephew tried to stand on his head, as the only mode of expressing his satisfaction that school was over.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

At length I gathered resolution to address him in a pause of the tempest of his passion.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The general gloom had gathered me into its folds.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I foresaw the difficulty of arousing him, so I gathered some gravel from the pile which you have mentioned, and I used it to throw up to his window.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Having gathered these facts, Watson, I smoked several pipes over them, trying to separate those which were crucial from others which were merely incidental.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A group of items of the same type, gathered for display or study.

(Item Collection, NCI Thesaurus)

Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction that has been gathered or received by communication.

(Information, NCI Thesaurus)