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Thesaurus: 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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  1. v. t. To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.
  2. v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
  3. a. Collected; accumulated.
  4. v. get or gather together
  5. v. increase in amount by collecting or gathering
  6. To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money. Syn. -- To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith. Collected; accumulated. Bacon.
  7. To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together;to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.
  8. v:100 v. collect or gather