What does GATHER mean?

verb

1. assemble or get together“gather some stones”
2. collect in one place“We assembled in the church basement”
3. collect or gather“Journals are accumulating in my office”
4. conclude from evidence“I gather you have not done your homework”
5. draw together into folds or puckers
6. get people together“assemble your colleagues”
7. draw and bring closer“she gathered her shawl around her shoulders”
8. look for (food) in nature“Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall”