English-Thai Dictionary
gathering
N การจับกลุ่ม การ รวบรวม การ รวมตัว การผนวก company collection conference individual kan-jab-krum
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GATHERING
ppr. Collecting; assembling; drawing together; plaiting; wrinkling.
GATHERING
n.The act of collecting or assembling. 1. Collection; a crowd; an assembly.
2. Charitable contribution. 1 Corinthians 16:2.
3. A tumor suppurated or maturated; a collection of pus; an abscess.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GATHERING
GATHERING Gath "er *ing, n.
1. The act of collecting or bringing together.
2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: (a ) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation. (b ) A charitable contribution; a collection. (c ) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
GATHERING
GATHERING Gath "er *ing, a.
Defn: Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. Gathering board (Bookbinding ), a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight. -- Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning. -- Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them. -- Gathering peat. (a ) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b ) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gathering
gath er ing |ˈgaT͟HəriNG ˈɡæð (ə )rɪŋ | ▶noun 1 an assembly or meeting, esp. a social or festive one or one held for a specific purpose: a family gathering. 2 a set of printed signatures of a book, gathered for binding.
Oxford Dictionary
gathering
gath ¦er |ing |ˈgað (ə )rɪŋ | ▶noun 1 an assembly or meeting, especially one held for a specific purpose: a family gathering. 2 a group of leaves taken together, one inside another, in binding a book.
American Oxford Thesaurus
gathering
gathering noun 1 she rose to address the gathering: assembly, meeting, convention, rally, turnout, congress, convocation, conclave, council, synod, forum; congregation, audience, crowd, group, throng, mass, multitude; informal get-together; formal concourse. 2 the gathering of data for a future book: collecting, collection, garnering, amassing, compilation, accumulation, accrual, cumulation, building up.
Oxford Thesaurus
gathering
gathering noun 1 she rose to address the gathering: assembly, meeting, meet, convention, rally, turnout, congress, convocation, conclave, council, synod, symposium, forum, muster; assemblage, collection, company, congregation, audience, crowd, throng, mass, multitude, group, party, band, knot, flock, mob, horde, pack; informal get-together; formal concourse; historical conventicle. 2 the gathering of data for a future book: collecting, collection, garnering, amassing, accumulation, accrual, cumulation, assembly, assembling; stockpiling, hoarding, building up, build-up; rare amassment.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
gathering
gath er ing /ɡǽð (ə )rɪŋ /→gather 名詞 複 ~s /-z /1 C 集会, 会合, 集まり ; 群衆 ; 収集物 ;U 収集, 採集 ▸ a social [family ] gathering 懇親会 [家族の集い ]▸ intelligence gathering 情報収集 2 C (布に作った )ひだ, ギャザー .3 U (化膿 (のう )して )はれること ;C (化膿性の )はれ物 .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗次第に濃くなる, 寄せる 〈暗やみ 夕暮れなど 〉.