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GATHER IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fold up
Example:
take in the sails
Synonyms:
gather in; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "gather in" is one way to...):
furl; roll up (form into a cylinder by rolling)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gather in"):
incorporate (unite or merge with something already in existence)
coal (take in coal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
