Gather vs Raise - What's the difference?
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As verbs the difference between gather and raise is that gather is to collect; normally separate things while raise is ( label) to cause to rise; to lift or elevate. As nouns the difference between gather and raise is that gather is a plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker while raise is (us) an increase in wages or salary; a rise ( uk).
gather English
Verb
( en verb)
To collect; normally separate things.
- I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
- She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.
# Especially, to harvest food.
- We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
# To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
- Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
# To congregate, or assemble.
- People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
#* Tennyson
- Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes.
# To grow gradually larger by accretion.
#* Francis Bacon
- Their snowball did not gather as it went.
To bring parts of a whole closer.
- She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
# (sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
- A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.
# (knitting) To bring stitches closer together.
- Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.
- If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.
# (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
# (nautical) To haul in; to take up.
- to gather the slack of a rope
To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
- From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.
- I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.
(intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
- Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.
(glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
To gain; to win.
* Dryden
- He gathers ground upon her in the chase.
Noun
( en noun)
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
(glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
Derived terms
* gathering iron
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raise English
Verb
( rais)
(label) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
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# To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
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#* Bible, (w) xxxix. 3
- I will raise forts against thee.
# To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.
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# (label) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
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# (label) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.
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# (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
(label) To create, increase or develop.
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# To collect.
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# To bring up; to grow; to promote.
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# To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
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# (label) To create; to constitute (a use , or a beneficial interest in property).
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# (label) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
#* Bible, (w) xviii. 18.
- I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.
#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
- God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.
#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest
, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
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(label) To exponentiate, to involute.
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To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
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To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
Synonyms
* lift
Derived terms
* raise Cain
* raise fire
* raise one's eyebrows
* raise someone's consciousness
* raise the alarm
* raise the roof
* raised by wolves
* raised in a barn
Noun
( en noun)
(US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
- The boss gave me a raise .
(weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
(poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
Derived terms
* lateral raise
* leg raise
Anagrams
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