What is another word for accreting?

Pronunciation: [ɐkɹˈiːtɪŋ] (IPA)

Accreting refers to the process of gradually accumulating something. Synonyms for this word include accumulating, building up, expanding, growing, increasing, accumulating, and enlarging. Other synonyms for accreting include amassing, augmenting, enhancing, accruing, accumulating, and incrementing. These words all refer to the gradual buildup of something over time. When it comes to finance, accreting can refer to the gradual increase in the value of an asset, such as a bond or a stock. Other fields where the term accreting is used include geology, astronomy, and biology. Overall, the synonyms for accreting are versatile and can be used in a variety of contexts.

What are the hypernyms for Accreting?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Accreting

With the mortality rate at zero and the birth-rate at non-zero, the world was inexorably accreting a dense carpet of people, even with the migratory and deadhead drains on the population.
"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"
Cory Doctorow
Carlos, the island, had crawled out of their mother's womb and pulled himself to the cave mouth and up the face of their father, lying there for ten years, accreting until he was ready to push off on his own.
"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town"
Cory Doctorow

Famous quotes with Accreting

  • Summer fog. It leached all color and substance from the world, leaving only grays. Lead gray tombstone gray cobweb gray ash gray snot gray dust gray corpse gray. It was unheard-of that there be fog at this time of the year, late August. So it had to be another portent — as dire a one as the death of the One-Handed Warrior. There were many who said that the fog had its origin in the supercooled ashes of the hero: each molecule of his scattered body accreting water vapor, each tiny relic drawing to itself the air's own tears to fashion this wide-spreading shroud over the Many-Colored Land.
    Julian May

Related words: accretion disk, black hole, accrete, Schwarzschild radius, event horizon

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