accrete

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verb

1. grow together (of plants and organs)
- After many years the rose bushes grew together
• Derivationally related forms:
accretive
• Topics:
plant, flora, plant life
• Hypernyms:
blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. grow or become attached by accretion
- The story accreted emotion
• Derivationally related forms:
accretive, accretion
• Hypernyms:
accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something