accrete

ac·crete

verb \ə-ˈkrēt\

ac·cret·edac·cret·ing

Definition of ACCRETE

intransitive verb

: to grow or become attached by accretion

transitive verb

: to cause to adhere or become attached; also : accumulate

Examples of ACCRETE

1. <silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time>

Origin of ACCRETE

back-formation from accretion

First Known Use: 1784

Related to ACCRETE

Synonyms

collect, accumulate, amass, build up, concentrate, conglomerate, gather, mass, pile (up), stack (up)

Related Words

agglutinate, clump, lump; bank, drift, ridge

Near Antonyms

disperse, dissipate, scatter

Rhymes with ACCRETE

aesthete, afreet, athlete, backbeat, backseat, backstreet, bedsheet, bench seat, big beat, bolete, box pleat, box seat, break beat, broadsheet, browbeat, buckwheat, bystreet, call sheet, car seat, cheat sheet, clipsheet, cloud street, cold feet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, concrete, crabmeat, crib sheet, deadbeat, dead heat, dead meat, deceit, defeat, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, disseat, downbeat, drop seat, drumbeat, dutch treat, effete, elite, en suite, entreat, escheat, excrete, facete, Fleet Street, fly sheet, forcemeat, foresheet, four-peat, gamete, groundsheet, hard wheat, heartbeat, heat-treat, helpmeet, hoofbeat, hot seat, house seat, ice sheet, ill-treat, jump seat, kick pleat, love seat, mainsheet, Main Street, maltreat, mesquite, mincemeat, mistreat, offbeat, Ossete, petite, pink sheet, preheat, rap sheet, receipt, recheat, red heat, red meat, red wheat, regreet, repeat, replete, retreat, scratch sheet, secrete, side street, slip-sheet, soft wheat, spreadsheet, stand treat, swap meet, sweetmeat, tear sheet, terete, three-peat, through street, time sheet, unmeet, unseat, upbeat, vegete, volkslied, white heat