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gas·tro·en·ter·ol·o·gy noun : a branch of medicine concerned with the structure, functions, and diseases of the stomach and intestines

— gas·tro·en·ter·ol·o·gist noun

gas·tro·in·tes·ti·nal adjective : of, relating to, affecting, or including both the stomach and intestine <~ tract> <~ distress>

gas·tron·o·my noun [ORIGIN: F gastronomie, fr. Gk Gastronomia, title of a 4th cent. B.C. poem, fr. gastēr belly + -nomia system of laws]

: the art of good eating

— gas·tro·nom·ic also gas·tro·nom·i·cal adjective

gas·tro·pod noun : any of a large class of mollusks (as snails and slugs) with a muscular foot and a spiral shell or none

— gastropod adjective

gas·works noun singular or plural : a plant for manufacturing gas

gate noun 1 : an opening for passage in a wall or fence

2 : a city or castle entrance often with defensive structures

3 : the frame or door that closes a gate

4 : a device (as a valve) for controlling the passage of a fluid or signal

5 : the total admission receipts or the number of people at an event

Synonyms

[1] door, doorway, entrance, gateway, way—more at DOOR

[4] cock, faucet, spigot, tap, valve—more at FAUCET

-gate noun combining form [ORIGIN: Watergate, scandal that resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974]

: usu. political scandal often involving the concealment of wrongdoing

gate–crash·er noun : a person who enters without paying admission or attends without invitation

gate·keep·er noun : a person who tends or guards a gate

Synonyms

doorkeeper, janitor—more at DOORKEEPER

gate·post noun : the post to which a gate is hung or the one against which it closes

gate·way noun 1 : an opening for a gate

2 : a means of entrance or exit

Synonyms

access, admission, doorway, entrance, entry, entrée—more at ENTRANCE

1gather verb 1 : to bring or come together : COLLECT

2 : to bring in a crop : PICK, HARVEST

3 : to pick up little by little

4 : to gain or win by gradual increase : ACCUMULATE <~ speed>

5 : to summon up <~ courage to dive>

6 : to draw about or close to something

7 : to pull (fabric) along a line of stitching into puckers

8 : to reach a conclusion often intuitively from hints or through inferences : DEDUCE, INFER

9 : ASSEMBLE

10 : to swell out and fill with pus

11 : GROW, INCREASE

— gath·er·er noun

Synonyms

[1] accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, group, lump, pick up, round up, scrape; also aggregate, agglomerate, ball, bunch, cluster, huddle; heap, pile, stack; muster, raise, rally; flock, herd, hive, pack, press, swarm, throng, troop; congregate, forgather, meet, rendezvous; affiliate, ally, combine, connect, join, link, merge, unite; arrange, organize, systematize; regather, regroup

Antonyms

dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

[1] assemble, congregate, convene, forgather, meet, rendezvous—more at ASSEMBLE

[2] harvest, pick, reap—more at HARVEST

[3] build, gain, grow, pick up—more at GAIN

[8] conclude, deduce, extrapolate, infer, judge, reason, understand—more at INFER

2gather noun : a puckering in cloth made by gathering

gathering noun 1 : a company of persons gathered for deliberation and legislation, worship, or entertainment

2 : something compiled

Synonyms

[1] assemblage, assembly, conference, congregation, convocation, meeting, muster; also aggregation, collection, conglomeration; company, coterie, gang, pack; caucus, forum, market, panel, rally, symposium, synod; crowd, flock, horde, legion, multitude, press, swarm, throng; crush, mob, rabble

[2] accumulation, assemblage, collection—more at ACCUMULATION

GATT abbreviation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

gauche adjective [ORIGIN: F, lit., left]

1 : lacking social experience or grace; also : not tactful

2 : crudely made or done

Synonyms

awkward, clumsy, graceless, inelegant, stiff, stilted, uncomfortable, uneasy, ungraceful, wooden—more at AWKWARD

gau·che·rie noun : a tactless or awkward action

gau·cho noun, plural gauchos : a cowboy of the So. American