stitchery, sewing - needlework that involves sewing; "she put her sewing back in the basket"

assembling, collecting, aggregation, collection - the act of gathering something together

centralisation, centralization - gathering to a center

harvest home, harvesting, harvest - the gathering of a ripened crop

mobilize, marshal, mobilise, summon - make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"

rake - gather with a rake; "rake leaves"

glean, harvest, reap - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"

hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"

salvage, scavenge - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"

muster, muster up, rally, summon, come up - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

round up - seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"

cull, pick, pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

nut - gather nuts

snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"

bird-nest, birdnest - gather birdnests; "They went birdnesting in the early morning"

nest - gather nests

oyster - gather oysters, dig oysters

sponge - gather sponges, in the ocean

pearl - gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

clam - gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

shock - collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain"

heap up, stack up, pile up - arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

gather up, lift up, pick up - take and lift upward

aggroup, group - form a group or group together

meet - meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"

encounter, meet, ran into, run across, come across, see - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

congregate - come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"

hive - move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"

fort, fort up - gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

convene - meet formally; "The council convened last week"

cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"

crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

converge - move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"

interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"

turn out - come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"

caucus - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

club - gather and spend time together; "They always club together"

increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

backlog - accumulate and create a backlog

accrete - grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion"

drift - be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"

conclude, reason, reason out - decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework

make - form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"; "The branches made a roof"

look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

shell - look for and collect shells by the seashore