| VERB | change | accrete | grow together (of plants and organs) |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | accrete | grow or become attached by accretion |
| Meaning | Grow together (of plants and organs). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Broader | blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge | mix together different elements |
| Spanish | acrecentar, aumentar | |
| Catalan | acréixer, augmentar | |
| Adjectives | accretive | growing by accretion |
| Meaning | Grow or become attached by accretion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The story accreted emotion" | |
| Broader | accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass | Collect or gather |
| Adjectives | accretive | growing by accretion |
| Nouns | accretion | an increase / increase by natural growth or addition |
| accretion | (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles | |
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