accrete

🇬🇧 UK/æ'kri:t/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To grow together or fuse; to accumulate or increase gradually by external addition.

合生,连生;逐渐积聚

adj.

Grown together; formed by accretion.

合生的,连生的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
acto, toward
+
cretother
+
esuffix
=accrete

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Sediment will accrete along the coastline.

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