Change one letter

[azog]

Take the word below, and change just one letter to form a new word. If you can't change a letter, add or subtract a SINGLE letter to form a word. It should be a common English word you can find in a dictionary. Of course, keep within forum rules.

Here is a sample:
heard
heart (the D is changed to a T)
hearth (the letter H is added at the end)
dearth (the first H is changed to a D, and yes, it is a real word meaning "lack of")

So the word to start with, in an HKO style:
gather

[rikki21@hellokitty.com]

This is a hard one...

rather

[dudette4475@hellokitty.com]

Uh... father.

[Tacitala]

Change the "h" -> fatter

[Ly]

fatter -> faster

[tonyamchugh@hellokitty.com]

faster becomes master *is that right?

[rikki21@hellokitty.com]

Yup that's right.

Minus an s = mater

[aframe@hellokitty.com]

Mater > Hater

[Ly]

Hater -> Hate

[chaosvirus]

Hate -> Late