gather way (English, verb)
expansion: gather way (third-person singular simple present gathers way, present participle gathering way, simple past and past participle gathered way)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To begin to move
tags: dated
idiomatic
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: to move with increasing speed
tags: dated
idiomatic
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: to get headway by sail or steam so as to answer the helm.
tags: dated
idiomatic
Forms:
form: gathers way
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gathering way
tags: participle
present
form: gathered way
tags: participle
past
form: gathered way
tags: past