amass

v.积聚,积累,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
amass (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to collect for oneself - accumulate amass a great fortune
2.
intransitive verb
to collect into a mass - gather must select rather than simply amass details to come together - assemble
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
amass (verb)
1.
to bring together in one body or place
SYNONYMS:
accumulate, amass, assemble, bulk (up), collect, concentrate, congregate, constellate, corral, garner, group, lump, pick up, round up
RELATED WORDS:
ball, batch, bunch, cluster, huddle; heap, pile, stack; band, brigade, muster, raise, rally; flock, herd, hive, pack, press, swarm, throng; combine, connect, join, link, merge, pool, unite; archive, arrange, collate, compile, organize, systematize; scrape (up together); re-collect, regather, regroup
NEAR ANTONYMS:
break up, disband, disintegrate, dissolve, separate, sever, split (up); dismiss, send
dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter
amass (verb)
2.
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
SYNONYMS:
accrete, accumulate, amass, build up, concentrate, conglomerate, gather, mass, pile (up), stack (up)
RELATED WORDS:
agglutinate, clump, lump; bank, drift, ridge
NEAR ANTONYMS:
disperse, dissipate, scatter
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