Verb: accrete u'kreet
- Grow together (of plants and organs)
"The branches had accreted into a tangled mass";
- grow together
- Grow or become attached by accretion
"The story accreted emotion"
Derived forms: accreted, accretes, accreting
Type of: accumulate, amass, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conglomerate, cumulate, fuse, gather, immix [archaic], meld, merge, mix, pile up
Encyclopedia: Accrete