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accumulate
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As a verb, accumulate means heap up in a mass.
Meanings of accumulate
5 meaningsverb
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)
“He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.”
To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
“With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house.”
Increase in amount by collecting or gathering
“Journals are accumulating in my office”
“The work keeps piling up”
Similar: cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
Older and rare meanings (1)
educationdatedTo take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.
adjective
poeticrareCollected; accumulated.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).