• an assembly or meeting, especially one held for a specific purpose

Synonyms: assembly, meeting, meet, convention, rally, turnout, congress, convocation, conclave, council, synod, symposium, forum, muster, tweetup

• a group of leaves taken together, one inside another, in binding a book

• come together; assemble or accumulate

Synonyms: congregate, convene, assemble, meet, collect, come/get together, muster, rally, converge

• bring together and take in from scattered places or sources

Synonyms: collect, get together, put together, accumulate, amass, assemble, garner

• increase in (speed, force, etc.)

• infer; understand

Synonyms: understand, be given to understand, believe, be led to believe, think, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, assume, surmise, fancy

• summon up (a mental or physical attribute) for a purpose

Synonyms: summon, summon up, call together, bring together, assemble, convene, rally, round up

• draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it

Synonyms: pleat, shirr, pucker, tuck, fold, corrugate, ruffle, crimp, crease, scrunch up