| VERB | change | pile up, accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, gather, amass | collect or gather |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | pile up, heap up, stack up | arrange into piles or stacks | |
| possession | pile up, roll up, collect, accumulate, amass, compile, hoard | get or gather together |
| Meaning | Collect or gather. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, gather, amass | |
| Narrower | accrete | Grow or become attached by accretion |
| backlog | accumulate and create a backlog | |
| drift | Be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Spanish | acumularse, acumular, amontonarse, amontonar, conglomerar, congregar | |
| Catalan | acumular-se, acumular, ajuntar, amuntegar-se, congregar, juntar-se, recol·lectar, reunir-se | |
| Meaning | Arrange into piles or stacks. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | heap up, stack up | |
| Broader | gather, garner, collect, pull together | Assemble or get together |
| See also | pile | arrange in stacks |
| Spanish | acumular, amontonar | |
| Meaning | Get or gather together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They pile up the money in the closet | |
| Synonyms | roll up, collect, accumulate, amass, compile, hoard | |
| Narrower | bale | make into a bale |
| catch | take in and retain | |
| collect, pull in | Get or bring together | |
| corral | Collect or gather | |
| fund | place or store up in a fund for accumulation | |
| fund | accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability | |
| lump, chunk | Put together indiscriminately | |
| run up | pile up (debts or scores) | |
| scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up | Gather (money or other resources) together over time | |
| Broader | store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away | Keep or lay aside for future use |
| Spanish | acumular, amasar, amontonar, apilar, coleccionar, compilar, juntar, recoger, recopilar, reunir | |
| Catalan | acumular, ajuntar, amuntegar, apilar, aplegar, arreplegar, col·leccionar, compilar, recollir, recopilar, reunir | |
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