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Verb: accumulate  u'kyoo-myu,leyt
  1. Collect in one place, esp. growing to a large number or quantity
    "Journals are accumulating in my office";
    - cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
     
  2. Get or gather together (a large number of something)
    "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife";
    - roll up, collect, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

Derived forms: accumulated, accumulates, accumulating

Type of: hive away, increase, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store

Encyclopedia: Accumulate