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Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
Answer for the clue "Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching ", 6 letters:
gather
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Word definitions for gather in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gather \Gath"er\, n. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. (Carriage Making) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward. (Arch.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crowd gathers ▪ A large crowd had gathered to watch the procession go past. bring in/gather in the harvest ( also get in the harvest ) (= collect the crops from the fields ) ▪ They were working late into the night ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In knitting , a gather is a generic term for the several methods that draw stitches closer together laterally, i.e., within a row of knitting. Common methods include: In binding , a yarn loop is passed over 2 or more stitches in the same row (usually adjacent ...
Usage examples of gather.
Dale of the Tower: there shall we abide a while to gather victual, a day or two, or three maybe: so my Lord will hold a tourney there: that is to say that I myself and some few others shall try thy manhood somewhat.
Then, very slowly, very gently, he gathered myself and Achates in his arms, and held us tight.
The gathering clouds parted briefly and a crescent moon flooded the bay with a brilliant, achromatic light.
Lizzie who sat patiently on a stile, holding the bunch of green-veined snow-drops and yellow aconites she had gathered as they wandered.
The abbe being intimately acquainted with them, I gathered from him all the information I required, and, amongst other things, I heard that the young countess had a brother, then an officer in the papal service.
Then the United States would no longer have been dependent on proxies to gather actionable intelligence.
Clerval, the actor, had been gathering together a company of actors at Paris, and making her acquaintance by chance and finding her to be intelligent, he assured her that she was a born actress, though she had never suspected it.
Under their stimulating influence the Convention was eager to begin the balloting, but the gathering shades of evening compelled an adjournment to the next morning.
The Adjutors had been winning steadily for the past thirty years, gathering more and more power and influence to themselves.
Hispanic field workers have gathered in front of the admin building and are yelling something about better housing and recreation facilities.
Celestial Spirit but God, as knowing no admixture, gathered cleanly within itself.
Above the fog banks a wrack of cloud had gathered, the aerophane was coated with a glittering mist.
Whatever she was going to do with it she must do it straightaway because she had to gather the herbs and then get home afore her da got back.
Such was the way of the Mother, Aganippe thought, sending us forth from the womb, then gathering us back to her when we are done.
We are going through Agen, where I hope to gather such news, of the movements of the Catholic troops, as may be of use to her.