as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time
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Recent Examples of accrete
Discovery of extreme quasi-periodic eruptions in a newly accreting massive black hole.
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Type Ia supernova explosions spur the destruction of white dwarf stars that have accreted too much mass.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
That means that as a galaxy ages, the supernova deaths of stars are depositing less and less gas in the vicinity of the central accreting supermassive black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Some of these black holes spit out some of the accreting gas into intergalactic space in the form of relativistic jets, further stripping the galaxy of the star-bearing medium.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Type Ia supernova explosions spur the destruction of white dwarf stars that have accreted too much mass.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
That means that as a galaxy ages, the supernova deaths of stars are depositing less and less gas in the vicinity of the central accreting supermassive black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Some of these black holes spit out some of the accreting gas into intergalactic space in the form of relativistic jets, further stripping the galaxy of the star-bearing medium.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accrete
accumulate
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Since founding his hugely successful e-commerce company Amazon in 1994, Jeff Bezos has accumulated a net worth that warrants his title as the third richest man on the planet.—
Diane J. Cho,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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Dryer vents tend to gradually accumulate hair, dust, and lint during normal operation.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 June 2025
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“Accrete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accrete. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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