Definition

1. Verb:
   • To gather in; to collect or harvest: "ingather" means to bring together or collect something, especially crops or resources, into a central place.
   • To assemble or gather people: It can also mean to bring people together in a group or assembly.

Usage Examples

• To gather in; to collect or harvest:

  • The farmers worked all day to ingather the wheat before the storm. (They harvested and collected the wheat.)
  • She ingathered the scattered papers and placed them on the desk. (She gathered the papers together.)

• To assemble or gather people:

  • The community center will ingather volunteers for the charity event. (It will bring volunteers together.)
  • The teacher ingathered the students in the hall for an announcement. (She assembled them.)

Advanced Usage

• "to ingather one's thoughts": to collect or compose one's thoughts.

  • He paused to ingather his thoughts before speaking. (He gathered his ideas into a coherent form.)

• "to ingather a harvest": a more poetic or formal way to describe collecting crops.

  • The autumn season is the time to ingather the fruits of the year. (To harvest the year's produce.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ingathering (n): the act of collecting or gathering in, especially a harvest or a group of people.

  • The annual ingathering of the tribe is a time of celebration. (The annual assembly of the tribe.)

• Ingathered (adj): having been collected or assembled.

  • The ingathered crops filled the barn. (The collected crops.)

Synonyms

• Collect: to bring or gather together.
• Harvest: to gather a crop.
• Assemble: to bring people together.
• Amass: to accumulate a large quantity.

Phrasal Verbs

• Gather in: a synonym for "ingather," meaning to collect or harvest.

  • They gathered in the hay before the rain. (They collected the hay.)

• Round up: to bring people or animals together.

  • The teacher rounded up the students for the field trip. (She gathered them.)

Related Idioms

• Gather one's wits: to collect and compose oneself mentally.

  • He took a deep breath to gather his wits before the exam. (He ingathered his thoughts.)

• Bring home the bacon: to earn a living or succeed, often by gathering resources.

  • She works hard to bring home the bacon for her family. (She gathers income.)