to gather
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1.6
- verb
- /ˈɡæðər/
- We all need to hunt and gather to provide for ourselves and our families.
- gather food
- gather nuts
- gather wild plants
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Watch on YouTubeWe all need to hunt and gather to provide for ourselves and our families.
- We all need to hunt and gather to provide for ourselves and our families.
- In ancient times, herbalists would gather medicinal plants from dense undergrowth and bushes.
- Is there a point in our history where we learned how to hunt and gather?
- And what people used to do during day, they worked a lot means gathering food was almost everything that we did.
- We had to go out and hunt it and, you know, find it, gather, find berries and, you know, vegetables and things.
Examples
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On weekends, my friends and I love to gather fresh fruits from the orchard.
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For fun, I like to gather mushrooms and feed them to the wounded animals.
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We were starting to gather food and not just hunt it, but gather it and, and store it.
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But I thought it might be kind of fun to gather seed from this and see what we get.
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They'll go out for a few weeks or even a few months and gather wild plants and animal, animal foods.
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My family's been gathering them in the forest since last fall.
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In the forest, men hunted animals and human enemies; women gathered firewood, nuts, and herbs.
Academic text (1992) -
In ancient times, herbalists would gather medicinal plants from dense undergrowth and bushes.
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In the forest, the children eagerly gather berries to make a pie for dessert.
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During summer, we often gather wildflowers to decorate our home.
Synonyms
768
1.1
To bring things or people together in one place
136
1.0
To gather fruit or flowers by hand
117
1.6
To gather ripe crops from the fields
61
2.1
Bring things together by picking them up with your hands
25
6.8
To search for food or supplies by using what you find
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Jargon
7
5.6
To find information about people and places, often for the military or news reporters
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gather for food comes from the same old idea of 'bring together' and simply means to collect things from nature, like berries or nuts. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'collecting' what you find in the fields.