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gather wool

gather wool is the alternative form of woolgather.

Meaning of woolgather

Verb

woolgather (third-person singular simple present woolgathers, present participle woolgathering, simple past and past participle woolgathered)

  1. To daydream.
    • I had bad times after that—crying at night and woolgathering by day. For two terms I slackened and had bad reports.1911, H.G. Wells, The Door in the Wall

Forms of gather wool

third-person singular presentgathers wool
present participlegathering wool
past participlegathered wool
pastgathered wool

Questions about gather wool

What is gather wool the alternative form of?
Gather wool is the alternative form of woolgather.

Words near gather wool in the dictionary

  1. gather steam
  2. gather strength
  3. gather up
  4. gather up one's courage
  5. gather way
  6. gather wool
  7. gather'd
  8. gatherable
  9. Gathercole
  10. gathered
  11. gathered dust

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