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v. accumulate slowly, grow together, increase by joining together | ||||
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ACCRETE Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Accrete
(v. t.)
To make adhere; to add.
(v. i.)
To grow together.
(v. i.)
To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
(a.)
Grown together.
(a.)
Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
(v. t.)
To make adhere; to add.
(v. i.)
To grow together.
(v. i.)
To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
(a.)
Grown together.
(a.)
Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
| WordNet 2.0 |
accrete
Verb
1. grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together"
(hypernym) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
(classification) plant, flora, plant life
2. grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion"
(hypernym) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
(derivation) accretion
Verb
1. grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together"
(hypernym) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
(classification) plant, flora, plant life
2. grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion"
(hypernym) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
(derivation) accretion
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
accrete
To make larger or greater, as by increased growth.
accrete intr.verb
1. To grow together; fuse.
2. To grow or increase gradually, as by addition.
* "As testimony dragged on and on, slowly accreting detail and complexity,the drama in Judge Ito's courtroom began to remind me of nothing so much as an overstuffed 19th century novel, one of those ripping, 800-page
doorstops from college, a real cinder block of a narrative."Bruce Handy, Essay: Our Mutual Houseguest, Time, 16 Oct 1995.
To make larger or greater, as by increased growth.
accrete intr.verb
1. To grow together; fuse.
2. To grow or increase gradually, as by addition.
* "As testimony dragged on and on, slowly accreting detail and complexity,the drama in Judge Ito's courtroom began to remind me of nothing so much as an overstuffed 19th century novel, one of those ripping, 800-page
doorstops from college, a real cinder block of a narrative."Bruce Handy, Essay: Our Mutual Houseguest, Time, 16 Oct 1995.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
accrete
accrete
\ac*crete"\ (&?;), v. i. [from l. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase.]
1. to grow together.
2. to adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
accrete
\ac*crete"\, v. t. to make adhere; to add.
accrete
\ac*crete"\, a. 1. characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
2. (bot.) grown together.
accrete
\ac*crete"\ (&?;), v. i. [from l. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase.]
1. to grow together.
2. to adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
accrete
\ac*crete"\, v. t. to make adhere; to add.
accrete
\ac*crete"\, a. 1. characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
2. (bot.) grown together.
ACCRETE Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Botanical Glossary of Taxonomic Terminology |
ACCRETE
grown together
grown together
ACCRETE Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Accretion (geology)
Accretion is a process by which material is added to a tectonic plate. This material may be sediment, volcanic arcs, seamounts or other igneous features. When two tectonic plates collide, one of the plates may slide under the other. This process is called subduction. The plate which is being subducted (the plate going under), is floating on the asthenosphere and is pushed up and against the other plate.
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