English verb: accumulate | |||
1. | accumulate (possession) get or gather together | ||
Samples | I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife. She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis. She rolled up a small fortune. | ||
Examples | They accumulate the money in the closet | ||
Synonyms | amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bale, catch, chunk, collect, come up, corral, fund, fund, lump, pull in, run up, scrape, scrape up, scratch | ||
2. | accumulate (change) collect or gather | ||
Samples | Journals are accumulating in my office. The work keeps piling up. | ||
Examples | The crowds accumulate in the streets | ||
Synonyms | amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accrete, backlog, drift | ||