gash, n. 1. wound, cut, slash, tear, score, scotch; cleft, incision, slit, slice, slot; rift, split, crack, rent, fissure, scission, Archaic, scissure; notch, hack, nick, kerf, curf.
-v. 2. cut, slash, tear into, score, scotch, wound; slit, incise, slice; cleave, rive, split, rent; jag, nick, nip, hack.
gasoline, n. gas, petrol, fuel, diesel fuel, Fr. Canadian. gaz.
gasp, n. 1. short breath, pant, huff, snort, heave, gulp, wheeze.
-v. 2. huff, snort, pant, huff and puff, puff; wheeze, choke, heave, gulp, suck in.
3. utter, exlaim, cry, aspirate,
gassy, adj. 1. gaseous, gasiform, aeriform; steamy, vaporous, volatile, etheric, ethereal; effluvial, miasmic; aerodynamic, aerostatic, pneumatic.
2. flatulent, windy. See - flatulent, gastric, adj. 1. stomachic, stomachal, stomachical; abdominal, Anat. celiac, intestinal, visceral, ventral, ventricular, splanchnic.
2. digestive, eupeptic, dyspeptic,
gastronomy, n. cookery, cuisine, diet; epicureanism, Fr. bonne cuisine; gourmandism, gulosity, gluttony,
gate, n. access, opening, entrance, adit, exit, ingress, egress; portal, Scot. port, door, doorway, fire door, gateway, wicket, postern; stile, turnstile; hatch, hatchway, trapdoor, porthole; (both in England) lich gate, resurrection gate,
gather, v. 1. collect, accumulate, heap up, pile, pile up, stack up; amass, cumulate; glean, take in, pull in, harvest, reap; pick, pick up, rake up, bag; cull, sort out, pick out; hoard, garner, store up, stock up, lay by, lay up, lay in, Inf. stash away, reserve, set aside; save, save up.
2. group, cluster, bunch up or together; mass, crowd, congregate, agglomerate; flock together, throng, herd, swarm; bring together, rally, muster, call up, mobilize; round up, round in.
3. assemble, convene, forgather, come together, converge; meet, Inf. gang up, huddle, go into a huddle, get together, rendezvous; convoke, summon, call together.
4. compile, anthologize; organize, order, marshal.
5. grow, increase, build; swell, enlarge, expand, extend, wax; rise, roll up, heighten, deepen.
6. infer, draw an inference; assume, derive, understand, deduce, conclude.
7. contract, pucker, purse; crease, furrow, knit, wrinkle, rimple.
8. ruffle, shirr, pleat, plait, full.
9. attract, pull, draw, draw in, invite, pick up.
10. come to a head, fester, suppurate, rankle.
-n. 11. drawing together, contraction; fold, ruffle, pucker, pleat,
gathering, n. 1. collection, accumulation, amassment; assemblage, number, aggregation, aggregate, roundup; concentration, mass; cluster, clump, batch; cloud, cumulus, drift; store, stock, pile, heap, swell, mound; medley, jumble; agglomeration, conglomeration, congeries, lump.
2. assembly, meeting, meet, rally, turnout; group, body, circle, knot; crowd, throng, mob; bunch, gang, crew, company, troupe, band, troop; flock, pack, herd, drove, bevy, covey, swarm, hive, school, shoal; galaxy, multitude, host; congestion, press, crush; concourse, cumulation, confluence, convergence.
3. audience, congregation, community, flock; conclave, convocation, council, synod, consistory, conventicle; muster, mobilization, levy; association, union, combination; conference, convention, con-
