Squirrels gathered nuts for fall.

Meaning: The squirrels were collecting nuts to store for the fall season.

Choice of Words: Squirrels are small, furry rodents with bushy tails. Gathered is the past tense of gather, which means to collect or bring together. Nuts are hard-shelled fruits produced by trees. For indicates a purpose or intended use. Fall is the season that comes after summer. When you put them together, it describes the behavior of squirrels collecting nuts in preparation for the coming fall season.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Squirrels gathered nuts for winter's cold.
• Squirrels gathered nuts for winter.
• Squirrels gathered nuts for the impending winter.
• Squirrels gathered nuts for the long winter.
• Squirrels gathered nuts, storing winter's feast.
• Squirrels gathered nuts for winter's chill.
• Squirrels gathered nuts for the winter ahead.
• The squirrels gathered nuts for the winter.
• The squirrels gathered nuts for winter.
• Squirrels chattered, gathered nuts.