The sign for "collect" can also mean "gather" or "gather up." Both hands are
in "flat handshapes." The non-dominant hand is held-palm up in front
of you as if representing holding an arm-load of stuff. The dominant
hand makes horizontal scooping movements as if pulling or sweeping more
items toward you. Only do two sweeping movements unless you are
inflecting the sign as part of a story about someone "busily gathering up"
something.
COLLECT / gather:
Animation: COLLECT:
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