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Verb: gather up
  1. Take and lift upward
    - pick up, lift up
     
  2. Go to meet, esp. to then take somewhere in a vehicle
    "She gathered up the children at the day care centre";
    - collect, pick up, call for

Derived forms: gathered up, gathering up, gathers up

See also: garner

Type of: acquire, bring up, elevate, get, get up, lift, raise

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gatepost
Gates
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
gateway
gateway drug
Gateway to the West
gather
gather in
gather up
gathered
gathered skirt
gatherer
gathering
gathering place
Gathic
Gathic language
Gatling
Gatling gun
gator