"gather up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gathers up [present, singular, third-person], gathering up [participle, present], gathered up [participle, past], gathered up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} gather up (third-person singular simple present gathers up, present participle gathering up, simple past and past participle gathered up)
  1. (transitive) To gather, assemble or collect, usually into a group or mass. Tags: transitive Synonyms: forgather Derived forms: gather up one's courage Translations (to assemble or collect into a group or mass): ἀναλέγω (analégō) (Ancient Greek), zusammenrufen (German), zusammensammeln (German), versammeln (German), zusammenstellen (German), zusammensetzen (German), підбира́ти (pidbyráty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), підібра́ти (pidibráty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-gather_up-en-verb-ZSA1w4EX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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