accrete
/əˈkrit/
verb
- To grow or increase gradually by the addition of new layers or parts.
- Ice accreted on the wings of the airplane during the storm.
- The company's debt accreted slowly as it took out more loans.
- Over millions of years, sediment accreted to form the layers of rock.
- To cause something to accumulate or come together into a larger mass.
- The coral reef accretes calcium carbonate from the seawater.
- The planet accreted dust and gas from the surrounding nebula.
- The organization accreted new members over the course of the year.
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