to accrete

Examples

• All

• Once planetesimals have merged to make an object with 10 to 15 Earth masses, its gravity rapidly accretes any remaining hydrogen and helium gas, which constitute 99% of the mass of the original protoplanetary disk.

  Academic text (2003)

• Over the years, the layers of sediment started to accrete at the bottom of the lake.

• The second question is whether the work is likely to accrete in value.

  Fiction book (2000)

• And then that giant core is going to be able to accrete gas from in the disk.

• Black holes grow by eating, or what we call accreting more matter.

• You have these black holes that accrete and they evaporate.

  Robinson Erhardt

• This black hole is in feeding mode and it's accreting this matter into it.

• Neutron stars are not the only objects that can accrete matter from a companion.

  Academic text (1991)

• Years of imperceptible injuries accrete until they manifest as visible lesions, malignancies.

  Fiction book (1998)

• If, on the other hand, the LBGs are large galaxies that simply accrete gas slowly, converting it to stars, then we should find them in the most massive halos.

  Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

A

to accumulate

vsto accrete

174 3.4

To gather more and more of something over time

also implies growth by gradual attachment or joining

A

to accrue

vsto accrete

27 6.6

To slowly increase over time, for example money or benefits

is broader including growth by physical attachment not only regular gains

C

to cumulate

vsto accrete

1 7.9

To increase in amount over time

emphasizes parts joining into layers while the main term covers general gradual growth

Antonyms

D

to diminish

201 3.7

To become less in size, importance, or value

D

to detach

16 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

How Much

to amass

66 4.8

to accumulate

174 3.4

to accrete

• Specialized

1 8.9

to gather

∞ 1.0

to collect

499 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology