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accrete

UK/əˈkɹiːt/

accrete verb: to grow together, combine; to fuse.

Verb

accrete (third-person singular simple present accretes, present participle accreting, simple past and past participle accreted)

  1. (intransitive) To grow together, combine; to fuse.
    • Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.
    • According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face...
  2. (intransitive) To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
  3. (transitive) To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
    • the reader has not only mastered this distinction , but that he has so thoroughly accreted it and assimilated it to his habits of mind1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue

Adjective

accrete (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by accretion; made up.
    • accrete matter
  2. Grown together.
    • Fruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx1881, Henry Baillon, “Jackia”, in The Natural History of Plants, volume 7
    Synonyms:
    adglutinate

accrete meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

accrete in Tamil

சேர்ந்து ஒன்றாய் வளர்ந்த சென்றுசேர், திரள், திரண்டு உருவாகு, ஒன்றாக்கு

accrete in Malayalam

പുഴയോ കടലോ തൂർന്നുണ്ടായ സ്ഥലം, വർദ്ധനവ്‌, കൂടിച്ചേർന്ന്‌ വർദ്ധിക്കൽ

Synonyms of accrete

Forms of accrete

third-person singular presentaccretes
present participleaccreting
past participleaccreted
pastaccreted

Origin of accrete

Back-formation from accretion.

Words formed from accrete

Words that rhyme with accrete

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Questions about accrete

What does accrete mean?
Accrete means to grow together, combine; to fuse.
What is accrete in Tamil?
Accrete in Tamil is சேர்ந்து ஒன்றாய் வளர்ந்த சென்றுசேர், திரள், திரண்டு உருவாகு. See Accrete meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is accrete?
Accrete can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce accrete?
Accrete is pronounced /əˈkɹiːt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of accrete?
The past tense of accrete is accreted.

Words near accrete in the dictionary

  1. accrescent
  2. accresces
  3. accrescing
  4. accretal
  5. accretals
  6. accrete
  7. accreted
  8. accreter
  9. accreters
  10. accretes
  11. accreting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: accrete (page history and authors); accrete (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accrete (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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