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Accumulate

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

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Manner of action 15

Accrete 76% connected

To grow together.

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Assemble 76% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Backlog 76% connected

A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.

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Bale 76% connected

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for tr…

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Chunk 76% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Corral 76% connected

A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, e…

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Drift 76% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Fund 76% connected

An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Lump 76% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

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Save 76% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

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Scrape 76% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Broader term 2

Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Store 76% connected

That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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Derivationally related 6

Accumulative 74% connected

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.

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Accumulative 74% connected

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional.

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Aggregation 74% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Aggregation 74% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Synonym 7

Amass 92% connected

To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.

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Collect 92% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Compile 92% connected

To put together; to construct; to build.

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Conglomerate 92% connected

Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

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Cumulate 92% connected

To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gather 92% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hoard 92% connected

See Hoarding, 2.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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