What part of speech is gathers?

Gathers can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. gathers is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of gather (infinitive).
  • 2. gathers is a noun, plural of gather.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does gathers mean?

Definitions

Verb

gather - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
gather - draw together into folds or puckers
gather - look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"
gather - conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"
gather - draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders"
gather - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
gather - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
gather - get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"
gather - increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed"

Noun

gather - the act of gathering something
gather - sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

Examples of gathers

#   Sentence  
1. noun On fly the barks o'er ocean. Near us frown / Ceraunia's rocks, whence shortest lies the way / to Italy. And now the sun gows down, / and darkness gathers on the mountains grey.
2. verb "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.
3. verb "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a saying.
4. verb Naples gathers many tourists.
5. verb A rolling stone gathers no moss.
6. verb The dictionary gathers nearly half a million words.
7. verb A biochemist gathers mutants for everything as if they were ingredients for a recipe.
8. verb Often she gathers flowers.
9. verb "Thus roused, her friends she gathers. All await / her summons, who the tyrant fear or hate. / Some ships at hand, chance-anchored in the bay / they seize and load them with the costly freight, / and far off o'er the deep is borne away / Pygmalion's hoarded pelf. A woman leads the way."
10. verb She gathers healing herbs.
11. verb She gathers nuts.
12. verb Yanni's family always gathers at his grandfather's house to celebrate Yennayer.
13. verb Gather some stones.
14. verb I gather you have not done your homework.
15. verb Let's gather in the dining room.
16. verb Gather the close family members.
Sentence  
noun
On fly the barks o'er ocean. Near us frown / Ceraunia's rocks, whence shortest lies the way / to Italy. And now the sun gows down, / and darkness gathers on the mountains grey.
verb
"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.
"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a saying.
Naples gathers many tourists.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
The dictionary gathers nearly half a million words.
A biochemist gathers mutants for everything as if they were ingredients for a recipe.
Often she gathers flowers.
"Thus roused, her friends she gathers. All await / her summons, who the tyrant fear or hate. / Some ships at hand, chance-anchored in the bay / they seize and load them with the costly freight, / and far off o'er the deep is borne away / Pygmalion's hoarded pelf. A woman leads the way."
She gathers healing herbs.
She gathers nuts.
Yanni's family always gathers at his grandfather's house to celebrate Yennayer.
Gather some stones.
I gather you have not done your homework.
Let's gather in the dining room.
Gather the close family members.

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