MEANING
To gather or grow by the gradual addition of material or parts.
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Words that belong together
- accrete material
- layers accrete
- accrete around a core
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Fine layers accreted around the fragment over successive winters.
The village accreted new lanes without losing the outline of its original square.
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Word forms
- Base
- accrete
- Past tense
- accreted
- Past participle
- accreted
- Present participle
- accreting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- accrete
- Present continuous
- am/is/are accreting
- Present perfect
- have/has accreted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been accreting
- Past
- accreted
- Past continuous
- was/were accreting
- Past perfect
- had accreted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been accreting
- Future
- will accrete
- Future continuous
- will be accreting
- Future perfect
- will have accreted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been accreting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: accrete; accretes; accreted; accreted; accreting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: accretes.
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