Definition of accrete
accreted
;accreting
intransitive verb
: to grow or become attached by accretion
transitive verb
: to cause to adhere or become attached; also : accumulate
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Examples of accrete in a Sentence
silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time
Recent Examples of accrete from the Web
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These various solids, plus frozen water (oxygen and hydrogen), frozen ammonia (nitrogen and hydrogen) and frozen methane (carbon and hydrogen), are obvious ingredients for rocky and icy cores around which gas giants might accrete.
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Here, the more legible parts confer ceremonial dignity on the undignified rite of the blind-ish date, but the sequences don’t accrete into anything much.
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An actively accreting river delta (Peyto Lake, Canada; the Mississippi from a helicopter, and various others) 25.
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Origin and Etymology of accrete
back-formation from accretion
Law Dictionary
accrete
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accreted
accreting
intransitive verb
transitive verb
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