accumulate

Definition for accumulate

verb as in gather or amass something

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accrue, acquire, add to, assemble, collect, compile, concentrate, expand, gain, grow, hoard, increase, pile up, rack up, swell

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agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, cache, collocate, cumulate, gather, heap, incorporate, lump, mass, pile, procure, profit, stockpile, store, unite

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bring together, clean up, draw together, heap together, load up, make a bundle, make a killing, roll up, round up, scare up, stack up, store up

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Beyond the vast knowledge accumulated about its genetics and the tools that make it easy to engineer, the bacterium grows quickly and predictably on a wide variety of substrates.

From BBC

Their next three drives accumulated a combined 66 yards.

From Los Angeles Times

The health department recommends emptying and scrubbing places where water accumulates, including tires, buckets, pet bowls, planters and rain barrels.

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The toxins accumulate in filter-feeding fish, and then poison the larger mammals who eat them.

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They view power as a way of accumulating more wealth and resources for themselves and for their loyalists.

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