accumulare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accumulate verb To gradually gather or build up over time.
- gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
- hoard noun A hidden store of valuable things, often kept secretly.
- mound noun A raised pile or hill of earth, often built up rather than natural.
- save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
- stockpile noun A large stored supply of something kept for future use.
Senses
accumulare is used for these senses in English:
- accumulate (intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
- build up (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
- gather To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
- hoard (transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
- mound (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
- save (transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.
- stockpile To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).
gather — full definition
- verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
- verb To collect or accumulate something gradually.
- verb To conclude or infer something from information available.