gather
To collect normally separate things.
Especially, to harvest food.
To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
To congregate, or assemble.
To grow gradually larger by accretion.
To bring parts of a whole closer.
To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
To bring stitches closer together.
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.
To haul in; to take up.
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Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing