But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Phil. iii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every one shall share in the gains. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. “The lust of gain.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living. [ 1913 Webster ]

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Matt. xvi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. Matt. xviii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

To gratify the queen, and gained the court. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forded Usk and gained the wood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [ Obs. or Ironical ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. Acts xxvii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gained day, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward around the earth. --
To gain ground, to make progress; to advance in any undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent. --
To gain over, to draw to one's party or interest; to win over. --
To gain the wind (Naut.), to reach the windward side of another ship.

Syn. -- To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain; achieve. See Obtain. -- To Gain, Win. Gain implies only that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it in competition with others. A person gains knowledge, or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle with others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion. Ezek. xxii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.
To gain on or
To gain upon. (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land. (b) To obtain influence with. (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest. (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of. [ 1913 Webster ] The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]