The meaning of ACCUMULATE is to gather or pile up especially little by little : amass. How to use accumulate in a sentence.

ACCUMULATING definition: 1. present participle of accumulate 2. to collect a large number of things over a long period of…. Learn more.

When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time. To gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect....

Definition of accumulate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A large amount of debris has accumulated [= collected] at the construction site. Evidence of his guilt is accumulating.

To accumulate means to gather, usually in large quantities. Let's hope your boyfriend is not the type to accumulate girlfriends.

1. To gather or cause to increase; amass: We accumulated enough wood for a fire. Nearly all bank accounts accumulate interest. 2. To be the site for (a gradually increasing mass), …

A thick layer of dust had accumulated in the room. If you don't go through the papers on your desk on a regular basis, they just keep on accumulating.

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accumulating. On the cook’s line, there was grease and food accumulation in between and below the cooking equipment.

Present participle of accumulate. That it is caused by the compressed condition of the gradually accumulating gas. Cynthia protested, citing the accumulating chores and full house, but …