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amass
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb amass has 2 senses
- amass(v = verb.change) accumulate, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" is one way to increase
- amass(v = verb.possession) accumulate, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" is one way to hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store
Sample sentence:
The crowds amass in the streets
Sample sentence:
They amass the money in the closet
CIDE DICTIONARY
amass, v. t. [F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L. ad + massa lump, mass. See Mass.].
To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases. [1913 Webster]
"The life of Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with."
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Syn. -- To accumulate; heap up; pile.
amass, n. [OF. amasse, fr. ambusher.].
A mass; a heap. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amass, v.tr.
1 gather or heap together.
2 accumulate (esp. riches).
1 gather or heap together.
2 accumulate (esp. riches).
Derivative
amasser n.
Etymology
F amasser or med.L amassare ult. f. L massa MASS(1)
THESAURUS
amass
accouple, accumulate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, aggroup, articulate, assemble, associate, backlog, band, batch, bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, cement, chain, clap together, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, compare, compile, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, corral, couple, cover, cull, cumulate, dig up, draw together, dredge up, drive together, embrace, encompass, garner, garner up, gather, gather in, gather into barns, gather together, get in, get together, glean, glue, group, grub, grub up, heap up, hide, hive, hoard, hoard up, hold, include, join, juxtapose, keep, knot, lay together, lay up, league, link, lump together, make up, marry, marshal, mass, match, merge, mobilize, muster, pair, partner, pick, pick up, piece together, pile up, pluck, put together, put up, raise, rake up, rally, roll into one, roll up, round up, save, save up, scare up, scrape together, scrape up, secrete, set aside, solder, span, splice, squirrel, squirrel away, stock up, stockpile, store up, take in, take up, tape, tie, treasure, treasure up, unify, unite, weld, whip in, yokeROGET THESAURUS
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Store
VB store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store Adj, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve.Whole
VB form a whole, constitute a whole, integrate, embody, amass, aggregate, amount to, come to.Assemblage
VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.
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