Gather and Lump

Gather

Gather verb - To bring together in one body or place.

Usage example: let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recess

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Lump and gather are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lump" instead a verb "Gather".

Nearby Words: gathering, gathered, gatherer

Lump verb - To bring together in one body or place.

Usage example: when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream

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Gather and lump are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gather" instead a verb "Lump".

Nearby Words: lumpy, lumpish, lumped, lumpen, lumping

people	gather people	lump people
group	gather group	lump group

In BioShock Infinite, maintaining the "Return to Sender" vigor allows Booker to not only block enemy projectiles, but gather and crush them into a lump of semi-molten metal before throwing it back at the offending foe(s).

Source: Attack Reflector

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