Noun

Singular gathering

Plural gatherings

gathering (plural gatherings)

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

   I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.

2. A group of people or things.

   A gathering of fruit.

Verb

gathering

1. present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together

   She enjoyed gathering wildflowers.

Gather

Gather, gatherer, or gathering may refer to:

In anthropology and sociology:

• Hunter-gatherer, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods
• Bee (gathering), an old term which describes a group of people coming together for a task
• Salon (gathering), a party associated with French and Italian intellectuals
• Intensive gathering, the practice of cultivating wild plants as a step toward domestication
• Rag gatherer, an archaic occupation, also known as rag picker

In the arts:

• Global gathering, a music festival in the United Kingdom
• Ricochet Gathering, a music event in the United States
• Tribal Gathering, a music festival in the United Kingdom

Other uses:

• Gather (sewing), an area where fabric is folded or bunched together with thread or yarn
• Gather (knitting), a generic term for one of several knitting techniques to draw stitches closer together
• Gather.com, a social networking website
• Gather Restaurant, a notable restaurant in the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley, California.
• The Gatherers, from Marvel comics