accrete
IPA: ʌkrˈit
verb
- (intransitive) To grow together, combine; to fuse.
- (intransitive) To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
- (transitive) To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
adjective
- Characterized by accretion; made up
- (botany) Grown together
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Examples of "accrete" in Sentences
- Changes accrete and become harder to unpick.
- As time passes, some will accrete and some will erode.
- Usually, plot is something I allow to accrete while I'm tending to things like characterization and mood and theme.
- And over the course of seven seasons, they accrete into interesting people as their backstories and personalities develop.
- If you buy them at a discount, you will be able to accrete the negative good will and get an immediate positive response in earnings.
- Soil, trees and fauna accrete to the zaratan, the monstrous whalelike creatures, which are being poachedfor bones and skin, killing off a whole ecosystem.
- One of the things that's always impressed me about the Stargate universe is how we gradually accrete technological advances (The various types of battleship, the 302s and the Pegasus Bridge all spring to mind).
- SFS: (Reader submitted) - One of the things that's always impressed me about the Stargate universe is how we gradually accrete technological advances (The various types of battleship, the 302s and the Pegasus Bridge all spring to mind).