Meaning of CUMULATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'kyoomyulit, [v]'kyoomyu`leyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" |
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| | Synonyms: | | accumulate, amass, conglomerate, gather, pile up |
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| | See Also: | | accrete, backlog, drift, increase | |
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| | Definition: | | \Cu"mu*late\ (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Cumulated} (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating}
(-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr.
cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.]
To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to
accumulate.
Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap.
--Woodward.
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| | Related Terms: | | accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, assemble, backlog, batch, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, compare, compile, conglomerate, corral, dig up, draw together, dredge up, drive together, garner, garner up, gather, gather in, gather into barns, gather together, get in, get together, group, heap up, hide, hive, hoard, hoard up, hold, join, juxtapose, keep, lay up, lump together, make up, mass, match, mobilize, muster, obtain, pair, partner, pile up, put together, put up, raise, rake up, rally, roll up, round up, save, save up, scrape together, secrete, secure, squirrel, squirrel away, stock up, stockpile, store up, take up, treasure, treasure up, whip in |
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